1866 The general council, hitherto composed of the aristocracy, becomes elective.
1882 A permanent delegate appointed to represent French authority in Andorra.
SPAIN AFTER THE UNION OF CASTILE AND ARAGON (1479-1902, A.D.)
1480 Cortes of Toledo. Recall of illegal grants by which in Henry IV’s reign the public revenues had been alienated in pensions and annuities. The nobles forbidden to erect castles or assume the insignia of royalty. Duelling prohibited.
1481 The Inquisition issues an edict requiring the accusation of heretics. Autos da fé in Andalusia. Epidemic of plague. Emigration of Jews.
1482 Alhama after being captured from the Moors by the marquis of Cadiz is besieged by the king of Granada and relieved by Ferdinand. Zahara seized and its inhabitants enslaved by Abul Hassan, king of Granada. Bull of Pope Sixtus IV promising the appointment of Castilians to church dignities in their country. Loja unsuccessfully besieged by Ferdinand.
1483 Thomas de Torquemada inquisitor-general in Castile and Aragon to reconstitute the holy office. An insurrection makes Abu Abdallah (Boabdil) king of Granada. Ferdinand’s ambassadors assist in negotiating a peace between Ferrara and Venice. The pope declares a crusade against Granada. Rout in the Axarquia; a small Spanish force is destroyed by the troops of Abul Hassan. Boabdil invades the Christian territory. He is defeated and taken at the Jenil, released and becomes a tributary of Ferdinand. Ferdinand and Isabella begin a series of successful campaigns against Granada and capture one fortress after another.
1484 Inquisition revived in Aragon. Columbus arrives in Spain.
1485 Ordenanças Reales, a code of Castilian laws, promulgated. Autos da fé in Saragossa. Murder of the inquisitor, Arbues, by Jewish converts. Sanguinary punishment of all implicated.
1486 Catalan peasantry, called vassals de remenza, released from serfdom under the obligation of an annual payment.