Matthias Corvinus Dies in Vienna
1490
The Hungarian Renaissance king died in Vienna, which he had captured from the Habsburgs five years earlier. He left no legitimate heir. His Black Army disbanded for lack of pay, his library was scattered, and Hungary began a steep decline that would end at Mohacs a generation later. A personal monarchy had evaporated.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.
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