1470
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Template:C15YearInTopicX Year 1470 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] 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.
| Gregorian calendar | 1470 MCDLXX
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| Ab urbe condita | 2223 |
| Armenian calendar | 919 ԹՎ ՋԺԹ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -374 – -373 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2014 |
| Coptic calendar | 1186 – 1187 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1462 – 1463 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5230 – 5231 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1525 – 1526 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1392 – 1393 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4571 – 4572 |
| Holocene calendar | 11470 |
| Iranian calendar | 848 – 849 |
| Islamic calendar | 874 – 875 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2130 (皇紀2130年) |
| Julian calendar | 1515 |
| Korean calendar | 3803 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2013 |
[edit] Births
- April 7 - Edward Stafford (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
- Thomas Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (died 1534)
- Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (died 1516)
- Wen Zhengming, Chinese painter (died 1559)
- Tang Yin, Chinese painter (d. 1524)
- probable
- Matthias Grünewald, German painter (died 1528)
- Hayuya, Taino chief
- Count of Nychlenborch, Dutch warrior and nobleman (died 1534)
- Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (died 1555)
[edit] Deaths
- January 2 - Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
- May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden(born1409)
- November 23 - Gaston (born 1444)
- December 16 - John II (born 1425)
- date unknown
- Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (born 1390)
- Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (born 1416)
- probable
- Jacopo Bellini, Italian painter (born 1400)
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[edit] People of the year 1470 at Familypedia
8 people were born in 1470
2 people died in 1470
153 people lived in 1470
