1473

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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

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1473 in other calendars

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
Chinese calendar	4109/4169-12-3 (壬辰年十二月初三日) — to — 4110/4170-12-13 (癸巳年十二月十三日)
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
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Year 1473 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

See also Category: 1473 deaths.