1475
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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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 by topic |
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| 1475 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1475 MCDLXXV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2228 |
| Armenian calendar | 924 ԹՎ ՋԻԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6225 |
| Bengali calendar | 882 |
| Berber calendar | 2425 |
| English Regnal year | 14 Edw. 4 – 15 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2019 |
| Burmese calendar | 837 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6983–6984 |
| Chinese calendar | 甲午年 (Wood Horse) 4171 or 4111 — to — 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4172 or 4112 |
| Coptic calendar | 1191–1192 |
| Discordian calendar | 2641 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1467–1468 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5235–5236 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1531–1532 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1397–1398 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4576–4577 |
| Holocene calendar | 11475 |
| Igbo calendar | 475–476 |
| Iranian calendar | 853–854 |
| Islamic calendar | 879–880 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 7 (文明７年) |
| Julian calendar | 1475 MCDLXXV |
| Korean calendar | 3808 |
| Minguo calendar | 437 before ROC 民前437年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2017–2018 |
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Year 1475 (MCDLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- January 10 – Battle of Vaslui: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire, which is led at this time by Mehmed the Conqueror of Constantinople.
- July 4 – Burgundian Wars: Edward IV of England lands in Calais in support of the Duchy of Burgundy against France.[1]
- August 29 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends the brief war between France and England.
- November 13 – Burgundian Wars: Battle on the Planta: Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious against those of the Duchy of Savoy near Sion, Switzerland.
- November 14 – The original Landshut Wedding takes place, between George, Duke of Bavaria, and Hedwig Jagiellon.
Date unknown
- Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
- Rashi's commentary on the Torah is the first dated book to be printed in Hebrew, in Reggio di Calabria.[2]
- The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.[citation needed]
- Conrad of Megenberg's book, Buch der Natur, is published in Augsburg.[3]
Births
- February 25 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
- March 6 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor (d. 1564)
- September 6 – Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
- September 13 – Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (approximate date; 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 Gringoire, French poet and playwright (d. 1538)
- Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (d. 1520)
- John Stokesley, English prelate (d. 1539)
Deaths
- March – Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel
- March 10 – Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (b. 1430)
- March 20 – Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
- 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
- Radu cel Frumos, Prince of Wallachia (b. 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)
