1473

Year '1473' was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1473

Births

Deaths

Events of 1473

★ 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 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)

★ September 24 - Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (died 1528)

★ October 26 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)

★ ''date unknown'' - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor politician (died 1555)

★ ''probable''

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★ Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (died 1525)

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★ Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (died 1484)

Deaths

★ January 24 - Conrad Paumann, German composer (born c1410)

★ February 23 - Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (born 1410)

★ April - Alessandro Sforza, condottiero

★ May 8 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born 1420)

★ July 10 - James II of Cyprus (born c1440)

★ December 24 - John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian (born 1390)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Jean Jouffroy, French prelate and diplomat (born c1412)

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★ Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese nobleman (born 1430)

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★ Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1448)

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★ Yamana Sōzen, Japanese daimyo and monk (born 1404)