1475
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1472 1473 1474 - 1475 - 1476 1477 1478 |
| 1475 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1475 MCDLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2228 |
| Armenian calendar | 924 ԹՎ ՋԻԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -369 – -368 |
| Berber calendar | 2425 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2019 |
| Burmese calendar | 837 |
| Chinese calendar | 4111/4171-11-24 (甲午年十一月廿四日) — to —
4112/4172-12-4(乙未年十二月初四日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1191 – 1192 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1467 – 1468 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5235 – 5236 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1530 – 1531 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1397 – 1398 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4576 – 4577 |
| Holocene calendar | 11475 |
| Iranian calendar | 853 – 854 |
| Islamic calendar | 879 – 880 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 7 (文明7年) |
| Korean calendar | 3808 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2018 |
Year 1475 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
- January 10 - Battle of Vaslui: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
- August 29— The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
- November - The Battle on the Planta takes place during the Burgundian Wars.
- Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
- The Landshuter hochzeit takes place.
- Kiva Han, the world's first coffee house, opens in Constantinople, now modern day Istanbul.
- The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.
- Jacopo de Promotoria ascribes the low birthrate among noble Turks in Anatolia to "the infinite lechery of various slaves and young boys to whom they give themselves".
[edit] Births
- February 25—Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
- March 6—Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (d. 1564)
- September 6 - Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
- September 13? - Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1507)
- December 11—Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
- December 24—Thomas Murner, German satirist (d. c. 1537)
- date unknown
- Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; d. 1519)
- Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (d. 1541)
- probable
- Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (d. 1526)
- Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (d. 1554)
- Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland (d. 1502)
- Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (d. 1538)
- Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (d. 1520)
- Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (d. 1541)
- John Stokesley, English prelate (d. 1539)
[edit] Deaths
- March 10 - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (b. 1430)
- March - Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel
- June 13 - Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile (b. 1439)
- September 6 - Adolph II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz (b. c. 1423)
- December 10 - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)
- date unknown
- Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
- Radu cel Frumos, Prince of Wallachia (born c. 1437)
- Theodorus Gaza, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (b. c. 1400)
- Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow
- Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet (b. 1410)
