1473
In 1475, the oldest recorded game of chess was played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.
- In five hundred years, Jimmy Carter would be elected President of the USA.
1477
Ivan III of Russia marches against the Novgorod Republic, marking the beginning of Russian Colonialism.
1478: The beginning of the Spanish Inquisition (which nobody expected).
I sure didn’t expect that post!
1479
1480
1482
On April 30, 1483, Pluto moved inside Neptune’s orbit until July 23, 1503, according to modern orbital calculations.
- In five hundred years, Los Angeles will host the Summer Olympics.
1485
Year MCDLXXXVI was a common year starting on Sunday
1487 Columbus was planning his second appeal to the king of Portugal to be called The Great Admiral of the Ocean and governor of all discovered lands.
1488
speculatively
1489
1490, five hundred years before I got married.
1492: The Spanish Inquisition was going strong. Christopher Columbus didn’t expect that. What he did expect was to “sail the ocean blue” to Asia.