Philip the Good Dies in Bruges
1467
The Burgundian duke who had built the most sophisticated princely court in Europe died in Bruges after a thirty-year reign. His son Charles the Bold would inherit the greatest composite state in western Europe and squander it within a decade through military ambition. Burgundy was entering its final golden catastrophe.
In context
Also in 1467 (4 other events on record)
- Onin War Begins in Japan · East Asia · War
- Charles the Bold Becomes Duke of Burgundy · Europe · Politics
- Kyoto Devastated in Onin War · East Asia · War
- Sesshu Toyo Travels to Ming China · East Asia · Culture
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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