Timeline September 1480

Events in September 1480 3

• 1420 – 1480 Nicolas Jenson (1420-1480) Died September 1480, aged about 60 A French-born engraver and printer, Jenson worked in Venice where he cut one of the most influential early roman typefaces of the printing age. His type designs became a model for later printers across Europe.
• 1480 Spanish Inquisition Tribunal Established in Seville Royal inquisitors begin operations that will lead to mass trials the following year Inquisitors appointed under the 1478 papal bull of Sixtus IV arrived in Seville and began investigating conversos suspected of secretly practicing Judaism. Their work laid the groundwork for the first auto-da-fe held in the city early the following year.
• 1480 Treaty of Toledo Castile and Portugal confirm the division of Atlantic exploration rights Castile and Portugal signed a treaty at Toledo ratifying the terms of the earlier Treaty of Alcacovas, confirming Isabella I as Queen of Castile and settling rival claims over the Canary Islands, Madeira, the Azores, and the West African coast. The agreement shaped the two kingdoms' later competition over Atlantic and African exploration.