1473
*
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. The ruler of Tlatelolco is killed and replaced by a military governor. Tlatelolco loses its independence.
* Possible discovery of
Bacalao (possibly
Newfoundland, North America) by
Didrik Pining and
João Vaz Corte-Real*
Almanach Cracoviense ad annum 1474 is published
*
February 19 -
Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer and mathematician (died
1543)
*
March 17 - King
James IV of Scotland (died
1513)
*
August 14 -
Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (died
1541)
*
August 17 -
Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower (died
1483)
*
October 26 -
Friedrich of Saxony (d.
1510)
*
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (died
1524)
*
Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (died
1525)
*
Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of
Richard III of England (died
1484)
*
Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (died
1528)
*
Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor politician (died
1555)
*
January 24 -
Conrad Paumann, German composer
*
May 8 -
John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born
1420)
*
John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian
*
James II of Cyprus*
Jean Jouffroy, French prelate and diplomat
*
Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese nobleman
*
Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (born
1448)
*
Yamana Souzen, Japanese daimyo and monk (born
1404)
