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Year 1474 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events. January–December. February – The ...
Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474, an astronomical wall calendar, is published in Kraków, the oldest known printing in Poland. [16] Florentine physician Marsilio Ficino becomes a Catholic priest. Possible date – Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton, in Bruges.
The Treaty of London (French: Traités de Londres) was an agreement between Charles the Bold of Burgundy and Edward IV of England signed on 25 July 1474. In the treaty, Charles agreed to support England militarily during an invasion of France, and to recognise Edward as the King of France. [1]
The Burgundian Wars (1474–1477) were a conflict between the Burgundian State and the Old Swiss Confederacy and its allies. Open war broke out in 1474, and the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold, was defeated three times on the battlefield in the following years and was killed at the Battle of Nancy in 1477.
1474: 10 December: The reign of Isabella began. 1475: The War of the Castilian Succession began. Vasco Nunez de Balboa was born. 1478: The Spanish Inquisition was founded. 1479: War of the Castilian Succession: The war ended. 20 January: The reign of Ferdinand began, marking the foundation of the Kingdom of Spain. 4 September
Juan Ponce de León [a] (c. 1474 – July 1521 [6]) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador known for leading the first official European expedition to Puerto Rico in 1508 and Florida in 1513. He was born in Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Spain, in 1474. Though little is known about his family, he was of noble birth and served in the Spanish ...
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
1474 William Canynge, merchant (born c. 1399) Walter Frye, composer (year of birth unknown) 1475 10 March – Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (born 1430) 20 May – Alice de la Pole, Duchess of Suffolk, courtier and patron of the arts (born c. 1404) 1476 14 January – John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1444)