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| 1478 |
| | | Ivan III subdues proudly independent Novgorod, removing the city's famous bell | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | | Leonardo da Vinci takes a professional interest in the new science of fortification | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | | The name of Constantinople changes to Istanbul, a word based on the everyday Greek name for the city | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | | The Maravi Confederacy is formed by Bantu tribes and soon wins control over a large region between Lake Nyasa and the Zambezi | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | | An increase in trade through the central Sahara benefits the Songhay, with their capital at Gao, at the expense of Mali | |
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| c. 1480 |
| | | Botticelli paints the Birth of Venus and Spring for the villa of a Medici cousin of Lorenzo the Magnificent | |
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| 1480 |
| | | Ivan III, grand prince of Russia, becomes the first to deny the Mongols of the Golden Horde their annual tribute of tax | |
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| 1480 |
| | | Tomas de Torquemada, from a family of converted Jews, is appointed Spain's first Grand Inquisitor | |
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| 1481 |
| | | Civil war between squabbling Swiss cantons is averted by the diplomcy of a hermit, Brother Klaus, at the Convention of Stans | |
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| 1483 |
| | | The English king Edward IV dies and his succeeded by his 12-year-old son as Edward V | |
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