1475

Year 1475 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

* January 10 - Battle of Vaslui: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire.
* August 29— The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
* November - The Battle on the Planta takes place during the Burgundian Wars.
* "Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye" is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
* The Landshuter hochzeit takes place.
* Kiva Han, the world's first coffee house, opens in Constantinople, now modern day Istanbul.
* The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.

Births

* February 25—Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
* March 6—Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (d. 1564)
* September 6 - Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
* September 13? - Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1507)
* December 11—Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
* December 24—Thomas Murner, German satirist (d. c. 1537)
*"date unknown"
**Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
**Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; d. 1519)
**Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (d. 1541)
*"probable"
**Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (d. 1526)
**Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (d. 1554)
**Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland (d. 1502)
**Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (d. 1538)
**Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (d. 1520)
**Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (d. 1541)
**John Stokesley, English prelate (d. 1539)

Deaths

* March 10 - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (b. 1430)
* March - Simon of Trent, Italian saint, subject of a blood libel
* June 13 - Joan of Portugal, Queen of Castile (b. 1439)
* September 6 - Adolph II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz (b. c. 1423)
* December 10 - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)
*"date unknown"
**Georges Chastellain, Burgundian chronicler and poet
**Radu cel Frumos, Prince of Wallachia (born c. 1437)
**Theodorus Gaza, one of the Greek scholars who were the leaders of the revival of learning in the 15th century (b. c. 1400)
**Theodosius, Metropolitan of Moscow
**Masuccio Salernitano, Italian poet (b. 1410)