Europe
- Burgundy - Mary, Duchess of Burgundy (1477–1482)
- Castile and Aragon - Ferdinand II and his wife and co-ruler, Isabella I (1474–1516)
- Crimea - Meñli I Giray, Khan of Crimea (1478–1515)
- Denmark and Norway - John I, King of Denmark (1481–1513), King of Norway (1481–1513)
- England - Edward IV, King of England (1461–1483)
- France (Valois Dynasty) - Louis XI of France, King of France (1461–1483)
- Holy Roman Empire - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1452–1493)
- Bohemia - Ladislaus II, King of Bohemia (1471–1516)
- Hungary - Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1458–1490)
- Lithuania and Poland - Casimir IV, Grand Prince of Lithuania (1440–1492), King of Poland (1447–1492)
- Ottoman (Turkish) Empire - Mehmet II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (1451–1481)
- Portugal - Afonso V, King of Portugal and Algarves (1438–1481)
- Russia - Ivan III the Great, Grand Duke of Muscovy (1462–1505)
- Scotland - James III, King of Scotland (1460–1488)
- Sweden - Sten Sture the Elder, Regent of Sweden (1470–1497, 1501–1503)
- Tver - Mikhail III of Tver, Grand Prince of Tver (1461–1485)
- Venice - Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1478–1485)
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“That land is like an Eagle, whose young gaze
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Floats moveless on the storm, and in the blaze
Of sunrise gleams when Earth is wrapped in gloom;
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Great People! as the sands shalt thou become;
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—Anthony Quinn (b. 1915)
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