1473
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| Years: 1470 1471 1472 - 1473 - 1474 1475 1476 | |
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Events
- Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. The ruler of Tlatelolco is killed and replaced by a military governor. Tlatelolco loses its independence.
- Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real
- Almanach Cracoviense ad annum 1474 is published
Births
- February 19 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer and mathematician (died 1543)
- March 17 - King James IV of Scotland (died 1513)
- August 14 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (died 1541)
- August 17 - Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower (died 1483)
- October 26 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
- Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (died 1524)
- Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (died 1525)
- Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (died 1484)
- Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (died 1528)
- Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor politician (died 1555)
Deaths
- January 24 - Conrad Paumann, German composer
- May 8 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born 1420)
- John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian
- James II of Cyprus
- Jean Jouffroy, French prelate and diplomat
- Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese nobleman
- Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1448)
- Yamana Souzen, Japanese daimyo and monk (born 1404)
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