1472
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1469 1470 1471 - 1472 - 1473 1474 1475 |
| 1472 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1472 MCDLXXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2225 |
| Armenian calendar | 921 ԹՎ ՋԻԱ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -372 – -371 |
| Berber calendar | 2422 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2016 |
| Burmese calendar | 834 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6980 – 6981 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛卯年十一月廿一日 (4108/4168-11-21) — to —
壬辰年十二月初二日(4109/4169-12-2) |
| Coptic calendar | 1188 – 1189 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1464 – 1465 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5232 – 5233 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1527 – 1528 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1394 – 1395 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4573 – 4574 |
| Holocene calendar | 11472 |
| Iranian calendar | 850 – 851 |
| Islamic calendar | 876 – 877 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 4 (文明4年) |
| Korean calendar | 3805 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2015 |
Year 1472 (MCDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1472
- February 20 – Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
- Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real.
- An extensive slave trade begins in modern Cameroon, as the Portuguese sail up the Wuori River.
- Fernão do Po claims the central-African islands Bioko and Annobón for Portugal.
- Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank, is founded.
- Leonardo da Vinci is listed as a master in Florence's "Company of Artists".
- Foundation of Kingdom of Fez
[edit] Births
- March 28 – Fra Bartolommeo, Italian artist (d. 1517)
- April 5 – Bianca Maria Sforza, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1510)
- December 10 – Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (d. 1481)
- date unknown
- Lucas Cranach the Elder, German painter (d. 1553)
- Wang Yangming, Chinese neo-Confucian scholar (d. 1529)
[edit] Deaths
- March 30 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (b. 1435)
- April 25 – Leone Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
- May 30 – Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (b. 1416)
- June 4 – Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (b. 1402)
- July 5 – Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
- November 18 – Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
- date unknown – Afanasy Nikitin, Russian traveller
- probable
- Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran
- Hayne van Ghizeghem, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
- Michelozzo, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1391)
