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| Years: | 1475 1476 1477 - 1478 - 1479 1480 1481 |
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Year 1478 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events[]
- January 14 - Novgorod surrenders to Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow.
- January 15 - Richard of Shrewsbury, aged four, is married to five-year-old Anne de Mowbray.
- February 18 - George, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
- April 26 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
- November - Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as Emperor of Ethiopia at the age of six.
- December 28 - Battle of Giornico - Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
- Lorenzo de' Medici becomes sole ruler of Florence
- Vladislav II of Bohemia makes peace with Hungary
Births[]
- February 7 - Thomas More, English statesman and humanist (died 1535)
- March 12 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
- May 26 - Pope Clement VII (died 1534)
- July 22 - King Philip I of Castile (died 1506)
- August - Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Spanish historian (died 1557)
- December 6 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (died 1529)
- date unknown
- Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (died 1555)
- Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (died 1553)
- Visconte Maggiolo, Italian navigator and cartographer (died 1530)
- probable - Thomas Ashwell, English composer
Deaths[]
- February 18 - George Plantagenet, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)
- April 26 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, son of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (assassinated) (born 1453)
- June 12 - Ludovico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born 1412)
- August 28 - Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (born 1428)
- November 8 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (born 1448)
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People of the year 1478 at Familypedia
22 people were born in 1478
15 children were born to the 9 women born in 1478
16 people died in 1478
942 people lived in 1478
Events of the year 1478 at Familypedia
14 people were married in 1478.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Sophie von Pommern (1468-1504) | Magnus II. zu Mecklenburg (1441-1503) |
| Llewelyn ap Heylin (c1455-) | Angharad verch William |
| Hans of Denmark (1455-1513) | Christina von Sachsen (1461-1521) |
| Richard, 1st Duke of York (1473-c1483) | Anne de Mowbray (1472-1481) |
| Robert St Lawrence (1440-1485) | Alice White (c1440-) + Joan Beaufort (1433-1518) |
| Frederick IV of Naples (1452-1504) | Anne de Savoie (1455-1480) + Isabella del Balzo (1465-1533) |
| Christina von Sachsen (1461-1521) | Hans of Denmark (1455-1513) |
| Joan Beaufort (1433-1518) | Robert St Lawrence (1440-1485) |
| Anne de Mowbray (1472-1481) | Richard, 1st Duke of York (1473-c1483) |
| Anne de Savoie (1455-1480) | Frederick IV of Naples (1452-1504) |
| Magnus II. zu Mecklenburg (1441-1503) | Sophie von Pommern (1468-1504) |
| Johanna von Mörs und Saarwerden (-1513) | Johann VI. zu Salm-Kyrburg (-1499) |
| Philipp II. von Waldeck-Eisenberg (1453-1524) | Katharina zu Solms-Lich (c1458-1492) + Katharina von Querfurt (c1455-1521) |
| Johann VI. zu Salm-Kyrburg (-1499) | Johanna von Mörs und Saarwerden (-1513) |
There were 0 military battles in 1478.