This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... Events February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by João Vaz Corte-Real. ... Events Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. ... Events August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and Trends Categories: 1440s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s Years: 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 Events and Trends Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s Years: 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 Events and Trends Sonni Ali, first Songhai king, conquers many of his African neighbors. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s Years: 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer Categories: 1470s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s - 1490s - 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s Years: 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 1497 1498 1499 Events and Trends 1490: Tirant lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell & Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... Centuries: 15th century - 16th century - 17th century Decades: 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s - 1500s - 1510s 1520s 1530s 1540s 1550s Years: 1500 1501 1502 1503 1504 1505 1506 1507 1508 1509 1510 Events and Trends Leonardo da Vinci paints the Mona Lisa External links 1500-1524 Events 1500-1509 Events Categories... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

Events

• December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella won the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, the newly crowned king of Aragon, comes to her aid.

December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Ysabel, Isabel or Isabela) (22 April 1451 - 26 November 1504) was queen of Castile. ... Portrait of Joan the Beltraneja. ... Afonso V of Portugal, the African, thirteenth king of Portugal was born in Sintra in January 15, 1432 and died in the same city in August 28, 1481. ... Ferdinand and his wife Isabella of Castile Ferdinand II (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran dAragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ... Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate...

Births

• March 1 - Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (died 1540)
• May 18 - Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (died 1539)
• September 8 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (died 1533)
• October 13 - Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (died 1515)
• Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (died 1534)
• Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Mexican Catholic saint (died 1548)
• Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Italian painter
• Sir John Seymour, English courtier (approximate date; died 1536)
• Cuthbert Tunstall, English church leader (died 1559)
• Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England (approximate date; died 1499)

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Angela Merici (1474? - 1540) was an Italian religious leader and saint born in Desenzano del Garda, province of Brescia. ... Events January 6 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne of Cleves, his fourth Queen consort. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... Isabella dEste One of the leading women of the Italian Renaissance, Isabella dEste (18 May 1474 - 13 February 1539) was a major cultural and political figure. ... Events May 30 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... Ludovico Ariosto (September 8, 1474 – July 6, 1533) was an Italian poet, author of the epic poem Orlando furioso (1516), Orlando Enraged. He was born at Reggio, in Emilia. ... Events January 25 - King Henry VIII of England marries Anne Boleyn, his second Queen consort. ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... Visitation (1503) Oil on wood, 232 x 146 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Mariotto Albertinelli (October 13, 1474 - November 5, 1515), Italian painter, was born in Florence, pupil of Rosselli and a fellow-pupil and partner of Fra Bartolommeo, with whom he painted many works. ... // Events June - Invasion of Persia by Sultan Selim I of the Ottoman Empire. ... Sir Edward Guilford (alternative spelling Guildford) (born about 1474 Offington, Sussex, England; d. ... Events February 27 - Group of Anabaptists of Jan Matthys seize Münster and declare it The New Jerusalem - they begin to exile dissenters and forcible baptize all others May 10 - Jacques Cartier explores Newfoundland while searching for the Northwest Passage. ... Tradition maintains that Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin was an indigenous Mexican who had a vision of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Guadalupe. ... Events Mary I of Scotland sent to France Births September 2 - Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616) September 29 - William V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1626) Francesco Andreini, Italian actor (died 1624) Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher, astronomer, and occultist (burned at the stake) 1600 (died 1600) Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general... Giacomo Pacchiarotti, sometimes seen as Pacchiarotto (1474 - 1539 or 1540) was an Italian painter. ... Sir John Seymour (c. ... Events February 2 - Spaniard Pedro de Mendoza founds Buenos Aires, Argentina. ... Cuthbert Tunstall (or Tonstall) (1474 - November 18, 1559) was an English church leader, twice Bishop of Durham. ... Events January 15 - Elizabeth I of England is crowned in Westminster Abbey. ... Perkin Warbeck (c. ... Events January 8 - Louis XII of France marries Anne of Brittany July 22 - Battle of Dornach - The Swiss decisively defeat the Imperial army of Emperor Maximilian I. July 28 - First Battle of Lepanto - The Turkish navy wins a decisive victory over the Venetians. ...

Deaths

• November 27 - Guillaume Dufay, French composer (born c. 1400)
• December 12 - King Henry IV of Castile
• Gomes Eannes de Azurara, Portuguese chronicler
• William Canynge, English merchant (born c. 1399)
• James III of Cyprus (born 1473)
• Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter
• Walter Frye, English composer
• Gedun Drub, 1st Dalai Lama (born 1391)
• Jehan de Waurin, French chronicler