1474
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Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
Years: | 1471 1472 1473 - 1474 - 1475 1476 1477 |
1474 in topic: |
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
Art - Literature - Music - Science |
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
Births - Deaths - Works |
Gregorian calendar | 1474 MCDLXXIV |
Ab urbe condita | 2227 |
Armenian calendar | 923 ԹՎ ՋԻԳ |
Bahá'í calendar | -370 – -369 |
Berber calendar | 2424 |
Buddhist calendar | 2018 |
Burmese calendar | 836 |
Chinese calendar | 4110/4170-12-14 (癸巳年十二月十四日) — to —
4111/4171-11-23(甲午年十一月廿三日) |
Coptic calendar | 1190 – 1191 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1466 – 1467 |
Hebrew calendar | 5234 – 5235 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1529 – 1530 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1396 – 1397 |
- Kali Yuga | 4575 – 4576 |
Holocene calendar | 11474 |
Iranian calendar | 852 – 853 |
Islamic calendar | 878 – 879 |
Japanese calendar | Bunmei 6 (文明6年) |
- Imperial Year | Kōki 2134 (皇紀2134年) |
Korean calendar | 3807 |
Thai solar calendar | 2017 |
Year 1474 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] 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 is supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella wins the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, the newly crowned king of Aragon, comes to her aid.
[edit] Births
- March 1 - Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540)
- May 18 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
- September 8 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
- October 13 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515)
- date unknown
- Juan Diego, Mexican Catholic saint (d. 1548)
- Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Italian painter
- Cuthbert Tunstall, English church leader (d. 1559)
- probable
- Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1534)
- Sir John Seymour, English courtier (approximate date; d. 1536)
- Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England (approximate date; d. 1499)
[edit] Deaths
- November 27 - Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (b. 1397)
- December 11 - King Henry IV of Castile (b. 1425)
- date unknown
- Gomes Eannes de Azurara, Portuguese chronicler (b. c. 1410)
- William Canynge, English merchant (b. c. 1399)
- James III of Cyprus (b. 1473)
- Gendun Drup, 1st Dalai Lama (b. 1391)
- probable
- Walter Frye, English composer
- Jehan de Waurin, French chronicler