Charles the Bold Becomes Duke of Burgundy
1467
Philip the Good's son inherited the richest, most centralized state in Europe outside the Ottoman Empire and immediately set about trying to turn it into a kingdom linking the North Sea to the Alps. His ambition would make him the most feared ruler of his decade and, within ten years, a frozen corpse in a ditch.
In context
Also in 1467 (4 other events on record)
- Onin War Begins in Japan · East Asia · War
- Kyoto Devastated in Onin War · East Asia · War
- Sesshu Toyo Travels to Ming China · East Asia · Culture
- Philip the Good Dies in Bruges · Europe · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1466: Second Peace of Thorn
- After: 1468: Skanderbeg Dies at Lezhe
Era
Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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