Major Events
- Jan 22 Great comet of 1471 (C/1471 Y1) becomes the closest comet in modern times, coming within 10 million kilometers of Earth [1]
- Feb 20 Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment
- Jun 24 Byzantine princess Sophia Palaiologina departs Rome with a large entourage for Moscow to marry Ivan III
Did You Know?
Orkney and Shetland are left by Norway to Scotland, due to a dowry payment
Born in 1472
- Mar 28 Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine Renaissance painter (The Last Judgement), born in Florence (d. 1517)
- Apr 5 Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1510)
- May 31 Érard van der Mark, prince-bishop of Luik and cardinal, born in Sedan, Ardennes (d. 1538)
Who Died in 1472
- Mar 27 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet and translator, dies at 37
- Apr 6 Pieter Bladelin, Belgian land owner (Middelburg castle), dies
- Apr 25 Leon B. Alberti, Italian Renaissance humanist and architect (Tempio Malatestiano; Palazzo Rucellai; Santa Maria Novella), dies at 68
- Apr 25 Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies
- Jul 5 Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
More 1472 Deaths
Famous Weddings in 1472
- Jul 12 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester and later King of England, marries Anne Neville, daughter of the Earl of Warwick, in Westminster Abbey.
- Nov 12 Byzantine princes Sophia Palaiologina marries Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow in Dormition Cathedral, Moscow
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