1470 CE

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. Battle of Lipnic: Stephen the Great defeats the Volga Tatars of the Golden Horde, led by Ahmed Khan. Lê Thánh Tông leads the Đại Việt army into Champa, conquering the country in less than three months.

In the 1470s, the 15th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • 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.source
  • 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.source
  • 22 July: In the Angers Agreement, Louis XI reconciles the Earl of Warwick and Margaret of Anjou. Both agree to restore Henry VI to the English throne.Francesource
  • The Pahang Sultanate is established at Pahang Darul Makmur (in modern-day Malaysia).source
  • The Irish Parliament passed legislation concerning relations between the Pale and neighbouring Gaelic lordships. The inhabitants of Saggart were ordered to abandon their truce with the O'Tooles.Irelandsource

Conflict & Security

  • 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). 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.source
  • March 20 – The Battle of Nibley Green is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates in England.source
  • April: After the Yorkist victory at the Battle of Losecoat Field, the Earl of Warwick and Duke of Clarence land at Calais. Despite being Captain of Calais, Warwick was refused access to the stronghold and was subsequently forced to flee to Honfleur.Francesource
  • 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.source
  • 13 August: An invasion force under the Earl of Warwick and Duke of Clarence leaves Angers, sailing for England.Francesource
  • August 20 – Battle of Lipnic: Stephen the Great defeats the Volga Tatars of the Golden Horde, led by Ahmed Khan.source
  • 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.source
  • December 18 – Lê Thánh Tông leads the Đại Việt army into Champa, conquering the country in less than three months.source
  • The Chimor–Inca War ends with an Inca victory. The Chimor Empire is absorbed into the Inca Empire.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • November 28 – Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt launches a naval expedition against Champa, beginning the Cham–Annamese War.source
  • 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.source
  • 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.source
  • Henry Ó Néill, son of Eoghan Ó Néill, led an expedition into Clann Aedha Buidhe in alliance with Mac Uidhilin (MacQuillan). The forces of Ó Néill and Mac Uidhilin defeated Clann Aedha Buidhe. Aodh Ó Néill the younger, son of Aodh the Tawny, was captured, along with several other prominent figures. Art, son of Domhnall Ó Néill the Slender, was killed. The victorious forces captured the castle of Sgathdergi and entrusted it to Mac Uidhilin.Irelandsource

Religion & Belief

  • Royal authority settled several legal and property matters. Margaret Butler, widow of William Butler, received dower rights in the manors of Dunboyne and Moymet. Pardons for treasons and related offences were granted to John fitz-Gerrot and Nicholas Plunket. Plunket also received restoration of his lands. The Archbishop of Dublin's rights over Lambay Island were confirmed.Irelandsource

Technology & Infrastructure

  • The Irish Parliament authorised levies for the construction of towers at Readstown and Bellewstown in County Meath.Irelandsource

Science & Discovery

  • Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book this same year.source

Culture & Society

  • 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.source
  • June 1 – Sten Sture is recognised as the new King of Sweden by the estates.source
  • 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.source
  • Sir George Ripley dedicates his book, The Compound of Alchemy, to the King Edward IV of England.source
  • Johann Heynlin and Guillaume Fichet privately establish the first printing press at the Sorbonne University. They print Gasparino Barzizza's Epistolarum Liber, the first book printed in France.Francesource

Births

  • January 1 – Magnus I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, German noble (died 1543)source
  • February 16 – Eric I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Calenberg (1491–1540) (died 1540)source
  • April 7 – Edward Stafford, 2nd Earl of Wiltshire (died 1498)source
  • May 20 – Pietro Bembo, Italian cardinal (died 1547)source
  • June 30 – Charles VIII of France (died 1498)source
  • 30 June – Charles VIII of France (died 1498)Francesource
  • July 30 – Hongzhi Emperor of China (died 1505)source
  • August 4 – Bernardo Dovizi, Italian Catholic cardinal (died 1520)source
  • August 4 – Lucrezia de' Medici, Italian noblewoman (died 1553)source
  • October 2 – Isabella of Aragon, Duchess of Milan, daughter of Alfonso II of Naples (died 1524)source
  • October 2 – Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon (died 1498)source
  • October 10 – Selim I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (died 1520)source
  • November 2 – King Edward V of England, the elder of the "Princes in the Tower" (died c. 1483)source
  • November 28 – Wen Zhengming, artist in Ming dynasty China (died 1559)source
  • December 5 – Willibald Pirckheimer, German humanist (died 1530)source
  • Guillaume de Marcillat, painter and stained glass artist (died 1529)Francesource
  • Estienne de La Roche, mathematician (died 1530)Francesource
  • Jacques de La Palice, nobleman (died 1525)Francesource

Deaths

  • January 2 – Heinrich Reuß von Plauen, Grand Master of the Teutonic Ordersource
  • March 20 – Thomas Talbot, 2nd Viscount Lisle, English nobleman killed at the Battle of Nibley Green (born c.1449)source
  • 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.source
  • May 15 – Charles VIII of Sweden (born 1409)source
  • 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.source
  • August 31 – Frederick II, Count of Vaudémont (born c.1428)source
  • October 18 – John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester, Lord High Treasurer (born 1427)source
  • 18 October - John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester, former Lord Deputy of Ireland and Yorkist statesman.Irelandsource
  • November 23 – Gaston, Prince of Viana (born 1444)source
  • December 16 – John II, Duke of Lorraine (born 1425)source
  • Between this year and 1700, 8,888 witches are tried in the Swiss Confederation; 5,417 of them are executed.source
  • Domenico da Piacenza, Italian dancing master (born 1390)source
  • Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (born 1416)source
  • probable – Jacopo Bellini, Italian painter (born 1400)source
  • Richard Olivier de Longueil, bishop (born 1406)Francesource
  • In Fermanagh, Philip Mag Uidhir, son of Thomas Mag Uidhir, died. The Annals of Ulster record him as a member of the ruling family of Fermanagh and the expected successor to the lordship.Irelandsource