1470
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| Years: 1467 1468 1469 - 1470 - 1471 1472 1473 |
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| Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
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| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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| 1470 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1470 MCDLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2223 |
| Armenian calendar | 919 ԹՎ ՋԺԹ |
| Chinese calendar | 4106/4166-11-29 (己丑年十一月廿九日) — to —
4107/4167-12-10(庚寅年十二月初十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1462 – 1463 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5230 – 5231 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1525 – 1526 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1392 – 1393 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4571 – 4572 |
| Iranian calendar | 848 – 849 |
| Islamic calendar | 875 – 876 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| Thai solar calendar | 2013 |
[edit] Events
- May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden.
- October - A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law Charles the Bold of Burgundy. Warwick releases Henry VI from the Tower and restores him to the throne on October 30.
- King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the city of Arzila in North Africa.
- First contact between Europeans and the Fante nation of the Gold Coast when a party of Portuguese landed and met with the King of Elmina. (See also History of Ghana.)
- Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book in the same year.
[edit] Births
- April 7 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)
- May 20 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (died 1547)
- June 30 - Charles VIII of France (died 1498)
- July 30 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (died 1505)
- November 4 - King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower (died 1483?)
- Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (died 1534)
- Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (died 1516)
- Matthias Grünewald, German painter (died 1528)
- Hayuya, Taino chief
- Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (died 1555)
- Wen Zhengming, Chinese painter (died 1559)
[edit] Deaths
- May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden(born1409)
- December 16 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1425)
- Jacopo Bellini, Italian painter (born 1400)
- Frederick II, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1413)
- Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (born 1390)
- Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (born 1416)
A map of Europe in 1470
