What Happened in 1474

Major Events

  • Mar 30 Duke Sigismund of Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
  • Apr 9 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon and Italians
  • Dec 13 Isabella I crowns herself Queen of Castile and León

Born in 1474

  • Feb 12 Lorenzo Campeggio Italian cardinal (legate for the Pope over English Henry VIII's first marriage), born in Milan (d. 1539)
  • Mar 21 Angela Merici, Italian religious educator, founder of the Ursuline Order of nuns, and Roman Catholic saint, born near Desenzano del Garda, Republic of Venice (d. 1540)
  • May 19 Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua, born in Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (d. 1539)
  • Sep 8 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1533)
  • Oct 13 Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter, born in Florence (d. 1515)

Who Died in 1474

  • May 9 Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight & land guardian, beheaded at 54
  • Nov 27 Guillaume Dufay, French Flemish composer, dies at about 74


World Leaders in 1474