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Year '1474' was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

Births

Deaths

Events

★ December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella won the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, the newly crowned king of Aragon, comes to her aid.

Births

★ March 1 - Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (died 1540)

★ May 18 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (died 1539)

★ September 8 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (died 1533)

★ October 13 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (died 1515)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Juan Diego, Mexican Catholic saint (died 1548)

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★ Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Italian painter

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★ Cuthbert Tunstall, English church leader (died 1559)

★ ''probable''

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★ Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1534)

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★ Sir John Seymour, English courtier (approximate date; died 1536)

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★ Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England (approximate date; died 1499)

Deaths

★ November 27 - Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (born 1397)

★ December 11 - King Henry IV of Castile (born 1425)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Gomes Eannes de Azurara, Portuguese chronicler (born c1410)

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★ William Canynge, English merchant (born c1399)

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★ James III of Cyprus (born 1473)

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★ Gendun Drup, 1st Dalai Lama (born 1391)

★ ''probable''

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★ Walter Frye, English composer

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★ Jehan de Waurin, French chronicler