1478
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1475 1476 1477 - 1478 - 1479 1480 1481 |
| 1478 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1478 MCDLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2231 |
| Armenian calendar | 927 ԹՎ ՋԻԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -366 – -365 |
| Berber calendar | 2428 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2022 |
| Burmese calendar | 840 |
| Chinese calendar | 4114/4174-11-28 (丁酉年十一月廿八日) — to —
4115/4175-12-8(戊戌年十二月初八日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1194 – 1195 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1470 – 1471 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5238 – 5239 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1533 – 1534 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1400 – 1401 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4579 – 4580 |
| Holocene calendar | 11478 |
| Iranian calendar | 856 – 857 |
| Islamic calendar | 882 – 883 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 10 (文明10年) |
| Korean calendar | 3811 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2021 |
Year 1478 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- January 14 - Novgorod surrenders to Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow.
- January 15 - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged 4, is married to 5-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk.
- February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, 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 6.
- 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.
- The Inquisition revives in Spain.
[edit] Births
- February 7 - Thomas More, English statesman and humanist (d. 1535)
- March 12 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
- April 23 - Bolesław Sołtanowicz, Polish monk, church reformer and theologian (d. 1550)
- May 26 - Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)
- July 22 - King Philip I of Castile (d. 1506)
- August - Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Spanish historian (d. 1557)
- December 6 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (d. 1529)
- date unknown
- Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (d. 1555)
- Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (d. 1553)
- Visconte Maggiolo, Italian navigator and cartographer (d. 1530)
- probable - Thomas Ashwell, English composer
[edit] Deaths
- February 18 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (b. 1449)
- April 26 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, son of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (assassinated) (b. 1453)
- June 12 - Ludovico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (b. 1412)
- August 28 - Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (b. 1428)
- November 8 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (b. 1448)
