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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1473 1474 1475 - 1476 - 1477 1478 1479 |
| 1476 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1476 MCDLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2229 |
| Armenian calendar | 925 ԹՎ ՋԻԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -368 – -367 |
| Berber calendar | 2426 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2020 |
| Burmese calendar | 838 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6984 – 6985 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年十二月初五日 (4112/4172-12-5) — to —
丙申年十二月十六日(4113/4173-12-16) |
| Coptic calendar | 1192 – 1193 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1468 – 1469 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5236 – 5237 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1531 – 1532 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1398 – 1399 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4577 – 4578 |
| Holocene calendar | 11476 |
| Iranian calendar | 854 – 855 |
| Islamic calendar | 880 – 881 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 8 (文明8年) |
| Korean calendar | 3809 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2019 |
Year 1476 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- March 2 - Battle of Grandson: A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold.
- June 2 - Battle of Morat: The Swiss again defeat Charles.
- July 26 - Battle of Valea Albă: The Moldavians are defeated by the Ottoman army of Mehmed the Conqueror.
- December - Vlad III the Impaler manages to become reigning Prince of Wallachia for the third and last time, before being killed by the Ottoman Turks at the Battle of Bucharest. His head is sent to his old enemy Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.
Births
- June 28 - Pope Paul IV (d. 1559)
- August 28 - Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (d. 1559)
- date unknown - Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (d. 1526)
Deaths
- January 14 -John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (b. 1444)
- June 8 - George Neville, English archbishop and statesman (b. c. 1432)
- July 6 - Regiomontanus, German astronomer (b. 1436)
- November 28 - James of the Marches, Franciscan friar
- December
- Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (b. 1431)
- Isabella Neville, Duchess of Clarence (b. 1451)
- December 12 - Frederick I, Elector Palatine (b. 1425)
- December 26 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (assassinated) (b. 1444)
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