Year 1479 (MCDLXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar). Events January 20 – Ferdinand II ascends the throne of Aragon and rules together with his wife Isabella, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula. Together they conquer Granada in 1492, ending 800 years of Moorish rule. January 24 – The Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire sign a peace treaty, for which Venice will cede Argo, Negroponte, Lemnos a… (More on 1479)