1478
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| Years: 1475 1476 1477 - 1478 - 1479 1480 1481 |
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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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| 1478 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 | 1478 MCDLXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2231 |
| Armenian calendar | 927 ԹՎ ՋԻԷ |
| 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) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1470 – 1471 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5238 – 5239 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1533 – 1534 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1400 – 1401 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4579 – 4580 |
| Iranian calendar | 856 – 857 |
| Islamic calendar | 883 – 884 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2138 (皇紀2138年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11478 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2021 |
[edit] Events
- January 14 - Novgorod surrenders to Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow.
- 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.
- 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
- Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as Emperor of Ethiopia at the age of six.
[edit] Births
- February 7 - Thomas More, English statesman and humanist (died 1535)
- March 12 - Giuliano di Lorenzo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1516)
- May 26 - Pope Clement VII (died 1534)
- July 22 - King Philip I of Castile (died 1506)
- December 6 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (died 1529)
- Thomas Ashwell, English composer (approximate date)
- Jacques Dubois, French anatomist (died 1555)
- Girolamo Fracastoro, Italian physician (died 1553)
- Visconte Maggiolo, Italian navigator and cartographer (died 1530)
- Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Spanish historian (died 1557)
[edit] Deaths
- February 18 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (executed) (born 1449)
- April 26 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici, son of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (assassinated) (born 1453)
- November 19 - Emperor Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (born 1448)
- Donato Acciaiuoli, Italian scholar (born 1428)
- Ludovico II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (born 1412)
