March 2 » The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
March 26 » William Caxton prints his translation of Aesop's Fables.
July 6 » Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of the Congo River.
July 22 » Battle of Lochmaben Fair: A 500-man raiding party led by Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany and James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas are defeated by Scots forces loyal to Albany's brother James III of Scotland; Douglas is captured.
August 29 » Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
December 5 » Pope Innocent VIII issues the Summis desiderantes affectibus, a papal bull that deputizes Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger as inquisitors to root out alleged witchcraft in Germany.
January 31 » The Treaty of Lyon ends the Italian War, confirming French domination of northern Italy, while Spain receives the Kingdom of Naples.
February 29 » Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
July 2 » Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia.
August 19 » In Ireland, the Hiberno-Norman de Burghs (Burkes) and Anglo-Norman Fitzgeralds fight in the Battle of Knockdoe.
September 13 » Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand issue a Royal Warrant for the construction of a Royal Chapel (Capilla Real) to be built.
December 8 » Ahmad ibn Abi Jum'ah penned his Oran fatwa, arguing for the relaxation of Islamic law requirements for the forcibly converted Muslims in Spain.
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