1470

Europe in 1470

Events

January 9 – Grand Prince Jalsan of Joseon becomes the new King of Korea upon the death of his uncle, King Yejong. Jalisan takes the regnal name of King Seongjong.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
January 21 – Jacquetta of Luxembourg, mother of England's Queen Consort Elizabeth Woodville and mother-in-law of King Edward IV, is cleared of allegations of witchcraft that had been made against her in 1469 by a follower of the rebel Earl of Warwick.<ref>Calendar of the Patent Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office, Volume 3 p. 53 Web. 17 November 2014.</ref>
March 12 – Wars of the Roses in England – At the Battle of Losecoat Field, the House of York (supporters of King Edward IV) defeats the House of Lancaster (supporters of the former King Henry VI, led by Sir Robert Welles).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Welles is captured and confesses that he had been hired by the Earl of Warwick and by King Edward's brother, George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence to overthrow the King. Warwick and Clarence flee England and Welles is beheaded.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
March 20 – The Battle of Nibley Green is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates in England.<ref name="Society2007">Template:Cite book</ref>

April 5 – At Srinagar in the Kashmir Sultanate, the Sultan Zayn al-Abidin the Great dies after a reign of almost 52 years, and his succeeded by his son, Prince Haji Khan, who takes the name Haider Shah Miri on his proclamation as Sultan on May 12.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 6 – Yun Chaun becomes the new Chief State Councillor (Yonguijong, equivalent to a prime minister as head of government) of Korea, when he is appointed by King Seongjong to replace Hong Yunsŏng.
May 15 – Charles VIII of Sweden, who has served three terms as King of Sweden, dies. Sten Sture the Elder proclaims himself Regent of Sweden the following day.<ref name=BLF>Template:BLF</ref>
June 1 – Sten Sture is recognised as the new King of Sweden by the estates.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>

July 12 – During the Ottoman–Venetian War, the Ottomans capture the Greek island of Euboea, territory of the Republic of Venice, after a four week siege of the fortified city of Negroponte by the Sultan Mehmed II.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
August 20 – Battle of Lipnic: Stephen the Great defeats the Volga Tatars of the Golden Horde, led by Ahmed Khan.
September 13 – A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward IV of England's former ally, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law, Charles the Bold of Burgundy.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

October 3 – The Earl of Warwick releases King Henry VI of England from imprisonment in the Tower of London, and restores him to the throne.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 28 – Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt launches a naval expedition against Champa, beginning the Cham–Annamese War.<ref name=Zottoli>Template:Citation</ref>
December 18 – Lê Thánh Tông leads the Đại Việt army into Champa, conquering the country in less than three months.<ref name=Zottoli/>

The Pahang Sultanate is established at Pahang Darul Makmur (in modern-day Malaysia).
The first contact occurs between Europeans and the Fante nation of the Gold Coast, when a party of Portuguese land and meet with the King of Elmina.
Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book this same year.
In Tonga, in or around 1470, the Tuʻi Tonga Dynasty cedes its temporal powers to the Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua Dynasty, which will remain prominent until about 1600.
Between this year and 1700, 8,888 witches are tried in the Swiss Confederation; 5,417 of them are executed.
Sir George Ripley dedicates his book, The Compound of Alchemy, to the King Edward IV of England.
The Chimor–Inca War ends with an Inca victory. The Chimor Empire is absorbed into the Inca Empire.

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July 13 – Francesco Armellini Pantalassi de' Medici, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1528)
July 20 – John Bourchier, 1st Earl of Bath, English noble (d. 1539)
July 30 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (d. 1505)
August 4
- Bernardo Dovizi, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1520)
- Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (d. 1553)
October 2
- George I of Münsterberg, Imperial Prince, Duke of Münsterberg and Oels, Graf von Glatz (d. 1502)
- Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1498)
- Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, daughter of Alfonso II of Naples (d. 1524)
October 10 – Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1520)
October 15 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (d. 1526)
November 2 – King Edward V of England, the elder of the "Princes in the Tower" (d. c. 1483)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 28 – Wen Zhengming, artist in Ming dynasty China (d. 1559)
December 5 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German humanist (d. 1530)
date unknown
- Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (d. 1516)
- Tang Yin, Chinese painter (d. 1524)
- Polydore Vergil, Urbinate/English historian (d. 1555)
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- Matthias Grünewald, German painter (d. 1528)
- Hayuya, Taino chief (d. unknown)
- Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (d. 1555)