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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“In Europe art has to a large degree taken the place of religion. In America it seems rather to be science.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“New York has her wilderness within her own borders; and though the sailors of Europe are familiar with the soundings of her Hudson, and Fulton long since invented the steamboat on its waters, an Indian is still necessary to guide her scientific men to its headwaters in the Adirondack country.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“No human being can tell what the Russians are going to do next, and I think the Japanese actions will depend much on what Russia decides to do both in Europe and the Far East—especially in Europe.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)