1470

Year '1470' was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1470

Births

Deaths

Events of 1470

★ March 12 - Wars of the Roses: House of York defeats the House of Lancaster at the Battle of Lose-coat Field.

★ March 20 - The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates.

★ May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden.

★ October - A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law Charles the Bold of Burgundy. Warwick releases Henry VI from the Tower and restores him to the throne on October 30.

★ King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the city of Arzila in North Africa.

★ First contact between Europeans and the Fante nation of the Gold Coast when a party of Portuguese landed and met with the King of Elmina. (See also History of Ghana.)

★ Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book in the same year.

Births

★ April 7 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)

★ May 20 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (died 1547)

★ June 30 - Charles VIII of France (died 1498)

★ July 30 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (died 1505)

★ November 4 - King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower (died 1483?)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Thomas Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (died 1534)

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★ Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (died 1516)

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★ Wen Zhengming, Chinese painter (died 1559)

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★ Tang Yin, Chinese painter (d. 1524)

★ ''probable''

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★ Matthias Grünewald, German painter (died 1528)

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★ Hayuya, Taino chief

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★ Count of Nychlenborch, Dutch warrior and nobleman (died 1534)

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★ Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (died 1555)

Deaths

★ January 2 - Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order

★ May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden(born1409)

★ November 23 - Gaston, Prince of Viana (born 1444)

★ December 16 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1425)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (born 1390)

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★ Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (born 1416)

★ ''probable''

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★ Jacopo Bellini, Italian painter (born 1400)