1475

Year '1475' was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ January 10—Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Vaslui.

★ August 29—Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.

★ November - The Battle on the Planta takes place during the Burgundian Wars.

★ Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.

★ Landshuter hochzeit took place.

★ Kiva Han, the world's first coffee house, opens in Constantinople, now modern day Istanbul.

★ Oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles

Births

★ February 25—Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (died 1499)

★ March 6—Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (died 1564)

★ September 6 - Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (died 1554)

★ September 13? - Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (died 1507)

★ December 11—Pope Leo X (died 1521)

★ December 24—Thomas Murner, German satirist (died c1537)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler

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★ Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; died 1519)

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★ Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (died 1541)

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★ Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (died 1526)

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★ Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (died 1554)

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★ Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland (died 1502)

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★ Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (died 1538)

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★ Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (died 1520)

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★ Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (died 1541)

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★ John Stokesley, English prelate (died 1539)

Deaths

★ March 10 - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (born 1430)

★ March - Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel

★ June 13 - Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile (born 1439)

★ September 6 - Adolph II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz (born c.1423)

★ December 10 - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (born 1397)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Radu cel Frumos, Prince of Wallachia (born c1437)

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★ Theodorus Gaza, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (born c. 1400)

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★ Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow

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★ Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet (born 1410)