1470

1470

Year 1470 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1470

March 12 - Wars of the Roses - Battle of Lose-coat Field: The House of York defeats the House of Lancaster.
March 20 - The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates.
May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden, who had served three terms as King of Sweden, dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden.
October - A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
October 30 - Warwick releases Henry VI of England from the Tower and restores him to the throne.
King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the city of Arzila in North Africa.
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 (see also History of Ghana).
Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book that same year.
In Tonga, in or around 1470, the Tu'i Tonga dynasty cedes its temporal powers to the Tu'i Ha'atakalaua dynasty, which will remain prominent until about 1600.

Between 1470 and 1700, 8,888 witches are tried in the Swiss Confederation; 5,417 of them are executed.

April 7 - Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (d. 1498)
May 20 - Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (d. 1547)
June 30 - Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
July 30 - Hongzhi Emperor of China (d. 1505)
November 4 - King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower (d. 1483?)
date unknown
- Thomas Cardinal Cajetan, Italian theologian (d. 1534)
- Juan Díaz de Solís, Spanish navigator and explorer (d. 1516)
- Wen Zhengming, Chinese painter (d. 1559)
- Tang Yin, Chinese painter (d. 1524)
probable
- Matthias Grünewald, German painter (d. 1528)
- Hayuya, Taino chief
- Hugh Latimer, Protestant martyr (d. 1555)

A map of Europe in 1470.