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1470
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| 1470 by topic |
| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
1470 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1470
MCDLXX |
| Ab urbe condita |
2223 |
| Armenian calendar |
919
ԹՎ ՋԺԹ |
| Chinese calendar |
4166 – 4167
己丑 – 庚寅 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1462 – 1463 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5230 – 5231 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1525 – 1526 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1392 – 1393 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4571 – 4572 |
| Iranian calendar |
848 – 849 |
| Islamic calendar |
875 – 876 |
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.
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)
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)
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