1475
Year 1475 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- January 10 - Battle of Vaslui : Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire, which is led at this time by Mehmed the Conqueror of Constantinople.
- July 4 - Burgundian Wars: Edward IV of England lands in Calais, in support of the Duchy of Burgundy against France.
- August 29 - The Treaty of Picquigny ends the brief war between France and England.
- November 13 - Burgundian Wars - Battle on the Planta: Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious against those of the Duchy of Savoy, near Sion, Switzerland.
- November 14 - The original Landshut Wedding takes place, between George, Duke of Bavaria, and Hedwig Jagiellon.
Date unknown
- Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
- Rashi's commentary on the Torah is the first dated book to be printed in Hebrew, in Reggio di Calabria.
- The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.
- Conrad of Megenberg's book, Buch der Natur, is published in Augsburg.
- In Wallachia, Radu cel Frumos loses the throne and is again replaced by Basarab Laiotă.
Births
- January 9 - Crinitus, Italian humanist
- January 29 - Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter
- February 25 - Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York
- March 6 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor
- March 12 - Luca Gaurico, Italian astrologer
- March 30 - Elisabeth of Culemborg, German noble
- June 29 - Beatrice d'Este, duchess of Bari and Milan
- September 6
- * Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician
- * Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect
- September 13 or April 1476 - Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI
- October 20 - Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, Italian Renaissance man of letters
- November 2 - Anne of York, fifth daughter of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville
- November 28 - Anne Shelton, elder sister of Thomas Boleyn
- December 11 - Pope Leo X
- December 24 - Thomas Murner, German satirist
- date unknown
- * Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
- * Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador
- * Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama
- probable
- * Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr
- * Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland
- * Pierre Gringoire, French poet and playwright
- * Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer
- * John Stokesley, English prelate
- * Gunilla Bese, Finnish noble and fiefholder
Deaths
- January - Radu cel Frumos, Voivoid of Wallachia
- February 3 - Jan IV of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg
- March - Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel
- March 20 - Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
- September 6 - Adolph II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz
- December 10 - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter
- December 12 - Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile
- date unknown
- * Theodorus Gaza, Greek scholar, one of the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century
- * Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow
- * Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet
