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.

Ongoing Events

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

Births

• 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)

Deaths

• January 2 - Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Order
• May 15 - Charles VIII of Sweden(b. 1409)
• November 23 - Gaston, Prince of Viana (b. 1444)
• December 16 - John II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1425)
• date unknown
  • Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancemaster (b. 1390)
  • Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (b. 1416)
• probable
  • Jacopo Bellini, Italian painter (b. 1400)

A map of Europe in 1470.

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