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Heads of State

Year of the Water Snake癸巳( at the beginning of the year Water Dragon壬辰)

Syria: 1784/85 ( the year in October )

  • Secured 2.1 Date of birth
  • 2.2 Exact date of birth unknown

Events

Politics and World Affairs

Europe

  • On July 12, the Uracher contract is signed, which defines the succession in the house of Württemberg.
  • Nicolo Marcello is successor to the late Niccolò Tron as Doge of Venice.

Asia

  • On 11 August, the Battle of Otlukbeli between Aq Qoyunlu and the Ottoman Empire takes place. The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror celebrating a significant victory against his opponent Uzun Hasan.

European voyages of discovery

  • The Europeans come to the southern hemisphere before: A Portuguese expedition under the Navigator Lopes Gonçalves crosses on a trip along the west coast of Africa to the equator.
  • A Danish- Portuguese expedition under Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real reached Greenland in the North Atlantic and possibly Newfoundland.

Economy

  • The Fugger banking house gets its own coat of arms.

Science and Technology

  • The University of Trier was founded.

Culture

  • On August 5, Leonardo da Vinci signed his drawing of the Arno landscape. It is referred to as the first example of a pure Landscapes in European art.

Born

Secured birth

  • July 2: Maria of Baden, Princess of Baden († 1519)
  • August 14: Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury, martyr († 1541)
  • August 17: Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York and Norfolk
  • SEPTEMBER 24: George of Frundsbergstrasse, German soldier and mercenary leader in imperial Habsburg services ( † 1528)

Exact date of birth unknown

Died

  • JANUARY 24: Conrad Paumann, German musician (* 1409-1415 )
  • January: Agnes of Baden, Duchess of Schleswig, Countess of Holstein and Baden Countess (* 1408 )
  • April 3: Alessandro Sforza, ruler of Pesaro ( * 1409 )
  • 28 June: Pierre d' Amboise, French aristocrat
  • JUNE 28: John Talbot, English nobleman (* 1448 )
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