Year1479 (MCDLXXIX) was acommon year starting on Friday of theJulian calendar.

• January 20 –Ferdinand II ascends the throne ofAragon, and rules together with his wifeIsabella I,Queen of Castile, over most of theIberian Peninsula.
• January 25 – TheTreaty of Constantinople is signed between theOttoman Empire andRepublic of Venice, endingsixteen years of war between the two powers; Venice will cedeNegroponte,Lemnos andShkodër, and pay an annual sum of 10,000 goldducats.^[1]
• April 25 – Ratification of the Treaty of Constantinople in Venice ends theSiege of Shkodra after fifteen months, and brings all ofAlbania under theOttoman Empire.
• May 13 –Christopher Columbus, an experienced mariner and successful trader in the thrivingGenoese expatriate community inPortugal, marries Felipa Perestrelo Moniz (Italian on her father's side), and receives asdowry her late father's maps and papers, charting the seas and winds around theMadeira Islands, and otherPortuguese possessions in theOcean Sea.
• August 7 –Battle of Guinegate: A French army sent to invade theNetherlands is defeated byMaximilian of Austria.
• September 4 – TheTreaty of Alcáçovas (also known as the Treaty or Peace of Alcáçovas-Toledo) is signed between theCatholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side, and the King of Portugal and his son on the other side, ending the four-yearWar of the Castilian Succession.
• October 13 –Battle of Breadfield (Hungarian:Kenyérmezei csata,Turkish:Ekmek Otlak Savaşı): The army of theKingdom of Hungary, led byPál Kinizsi andIstván Báthory, defeats that of theOttoman Empire inTransylvania,Hungary, leaving at least 10,000 Turkish dead.

• Theplague breaks out inFlorence.^[2]
• Johann Neumeister prints a new edition ofJuan de Torquemada'sMeditations, or the Contemplations of the Most Devout.^[3]

• March 12 –Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (d.1516)
• March 13 –Lazarus Spengler, German hymnwriter (d.1534)
• March 20 –Ippolito d'Este, Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1520)
• March 25 –Vasili III of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d.1533)
• May 3 –Henry V, Duke of Mecklenburg (d.1552)
• May 5 –Guru Amar Das, thirdSikh Guru (d.1574)
• May 12 –Pompeo Colonna, Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1532)
• June 14 –Giglio Gregorio Giraldi, Italian scholar and poet (d.1552)
• June 15 –Lisa del Giocondo, Florentine noblewoman believed to be the subject of theMona Lisa (d.1542)
• August 14 –Catherine of York, English princess, aunt ofHenry VIII (d.1527)^[4]
• September 17 –Celio Calcagnini, Italian astronomer (d.1541)
• October 28 –John Gage, English courtier of the Tudor period (d.1556)
• November 6
  • Joanna of Castile, Queen ofPhilip I of Castile, daughter ofIsabella I of Castile andFerdinand II of Aragon (d.1555)
  • Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d.1533)
• December –Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, Ottoman Valide Sultan (d.1534)
• date unknown
  • Johann Cochlaeus, German humanist and controversialist (d.1552)
  • Vallabhacharya, Indian founder of the Vallabha sect of Hinduism (d.1531)
• probable –Henry Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (d.1522)

• January 18 –Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria (b.1417)
• January 20 – KingJohn II of Aragon (b.1397)
• February –Antonello da Messina, Italian painter (b. c.1430)
• February 10 –Catherine of Cleves, duchess consort regent of Guelders (b.1417)
• February 12 –Eleanor of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre (b.1426)
• April 24 –Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (b.1440)
• June 11 –John of Sahagún, Spanish Augustinian friar, priest and saint (b.1419)
• September 10 –Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, Italian Catholic cardinal (b.1422)
• September 18 –Fulk Bourchier, 10th Baron FitzWarin, English baron (b.1445)
• November 6 –James Hamilton, 1st Lord Hamilton
• date unknown
  • Johanne Andersdatter Sappi, Danish noble (b.1400)
  • Ólöf Loftsdóttir, politically active Icelandic woman (b. c.1410)