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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1470 1471 1472 - 1473 - 1474 1475 1476 |
| 1473 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1473 MCDLXXIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2226 |
| Armenian calendar | 922 ԹՎ ՋԻԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -371 – -370 |
| Berber calendar | 2423 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2017 |
| Burmese calendar | 835 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6981 – 6982 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬辰年十二月初三日 (4109/4169-12-3) — to —
癸巳年十二月十三日(4110/4170-12-13) |
| Coptic calendar | 1189 – 1190 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1465 – 1466 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5233 – 5234 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1528 – 1529 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1395 – 1396 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4574 – 4575 |
| Holocene calendar | 11473 |
| Iranian calendar | 851 – 852 |
| Islamic calendar | 877 – 878 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 5 (文明5年) |
| Korean calendar | 3806 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2016 |
Year 1473 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1473
- Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens led by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli.
- Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, invades the territory of the neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. The ruler of Tlatelolco is killed and replaced by a military governor. Tlatelolco loses its independence.
- Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real.
- The Almanach cracoviense ad annum 1474 is published.
Births
- February 19 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer and mathematician (d. 1543)
- March 17 - King James IV of Scotland (d. 1513)
- August 14 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (d. 1541)
- August 17 - Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower (d. 1483)
- September 24 - Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (d. 1528)
- October 26 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
- date unknown - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor politician (d. 1555)
- probable
- Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (d. 1525)
- Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (d. 1484)
Deaths
- January 24 - Conrad Paumann, German composer (born c1410)
- February 23 - Arnold, Duke of Gelderland (born 1410)
- April - Alessandro Sforza, condottiero
- May 8 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born 1420)
- July 10 - James II of Cyprus (b. c. 1440)
- December 24 - John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian (b. 1390)
- date unknown
- Jean Jouffroy, French prelate and diplomat (b. c. 1412)
- Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese nobleman (b. 1430)
- Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1448)
- Yamana Sōzen, Japanese daimyo and monk (b. 1404)
- probable
- Patriarch Gennadios II of Constantinople - (b. c. 1400)
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