1476 CE

Matthias Corvinus, as King of Bohemia, orders the Transylvanian Saxons in his employment to assist Stephen V Báthory in the invasion of the principality of Wallachia. Philip the Upright becomes the new Elector of the Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire, upon the death of his adoptive father, the Elector Frederick I. Beatrice of Naples marries Mathias Corvinus at Székesfehérvár, 10 days after her coronation as Queen Consort of Bohemia and Queen Consort of Hungary.

In the 1470s, the 15th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

April 14 –The Treaty of Fribourg is signed by representatives of the Swiss Confederation and the Duchy of Savoy after France's King Louis XI intervenes to stop the war in Switzerland over former Savoyard territories in the Canton of Vaud.source
December 5 – King Vladislaus II of Hungary enters into an alliance with Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, against Matthias Corvinus, King of Bohemia.source

Conflict & Security

January 19 – The siege of Burgos comes to an end as the Portuguese defender, Juan de Stúñiga, relinquishes control of the castle back to the Castilians.source
February 15 – After turning down an offer of peace negotiations with the Ottoman Empire, Bohemia's King Matthias Corvinus leads troops across the Hungarian border and captures the fortress of Šabac.source
February 28 – In the Swiss Canton of Vaud, after a seven-day siege, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, obtains the surrender of Swiss Confederacy troops at the garrsion of the village of Grandson (originally Grancione). The surrender had been obtained by the promises of Charles that the lives of the 412 Swiss defenders would be spared if they gave up, but Charles orders that they be executed anyway. Some are hanged, while others are drowned in Lake Neuchâtel over a period of four hours.source
March 2 – In retaliation for the massacre of the Swiss defenders of the Grandson Castle, troops from the Canton of Bern and the Old Swiss Confederacy defeat the Burgundian troops of Charles the Bold and force him to flee.source
2 March – Charles the Bold suffers a defeat at the hands of Swiss forces at the Battle of GrandsonFrance source
May 3 – Hans Böhm, the "rummer of Niklashausen", incites a peasant uprising in an around Niklashausen in the German Prince-Bishopric of Würzburg. He is captured and eventually executed on July 19.source
May 23 – (1st waxing of Waso 838 ME) In what is now Myanmar, the Thet minority rebels against King Ba Saw Phyu of Arakan but the rebellion is quickly put down.source
June 22 – Burgundian Wars: In the Battle of Morat, The Burgundians suffer a crushing defeat, losing half of its army of at least 12,000 soldiers, at the hands of the Swiss, who sustain only 410 casualties.source
22 June – Charles is defeated a second time at the Battle of MoratFrance source
July 26 – At the Battle of Valea Albă, fought at what is now Războieni in Romania, the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II defeats Stephen III of Moldavia.source
August 7 – The Battle of Cabo São Vicente is fought as two Portuguese galleys, aided by 11 armed French pirate ships, encounter a set of five armed Spanish merchant ships. The French ships use incendiary weapons, though the fire destroys four of their own vessels as well as three enemy ships.source
September 6 – Matthias Corvinus, as King of Bohemia, orders the Transylvanian Saxons in his employment to assist Stephen V Báthory in the invasion of the principality of Wallachia.source
October 8 – Burgundian Wars: Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, begins the Siege of Nancy, capital of the Duchy of Lorraine, in an attempt to regain control of it after Rene II, Duke of Lorraine, had captured it earlier. Rene II, aided by the Swiss Confederation, makes plans to break the siege, leading to the Battle of Nancy on January 5, 1477.source
November 8 – Báthory's invasion of Wallachia is successful in capturing Târgoviște.source
November 26 – Vlad the Impaler declares himself reigning Voivode (Prince) of Wallachia for the third and last time. He is killed on the march to Bucharest, probably before the end of December. His head is sent to his old enemy, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.source
Axayacatl, sixth Tlatoani of Tenochtitlán, is defeated by the Tarascans of Michoacán.source

Religion & Belief

August 8 – Lady Suk-ui, daughter of Yun Gi-Gyeon of the Haman Yun clan is installed as the new Queen Consort of Korea's King Seongjong of Joseon, two years after the death of Queen consort Han Song-yi, who produced no heir to the throne. Suk-ui, also known as Queen Yun, gives birth to an heir, Yeonsangun of Joseon, three months later. Queen Yun is deposed three years later and executed by poisoning.source
December 12 – Philip the Upright becomes the new Elector of the Palatinate within the Holy Roman Empire, upon the death of his adoptive father, the Elector Frederick I.source
Goyghor Mosque is built by Musa ibn Haji Amir and his son, Majlis Alam.source

Crime & Justice

Leonardo da Vinci is acquitted on charges of sodomy, after which he disappears from the historical record for two years.source

Culture & Society

March 5 – Andrea Vendramin is elected as the new Doge of the Republic of Venice.source
8 September – The future Louis XII marries his cousin Joan of FranceFrance source
December 22 – Beatrice of Naples marries Mathias Corvinus at Székesfehérvár, 10 days after her coronation as Queen Consort of Bohemia and Queen Consort of Hungary.source

Births

March 12 – Anna Jagiellon, Duchess of Pomerania, Polish princess (died 1503)source
May 2 – Charles I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko, Governor of Bohemia and Silesia (died 1536)source
May 19 – Helena of Moscow, Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania and Queen consort of Poland (died 1513)source
June 28 – Pope Paul IV (died 1559)source
July 17 – Adrian Fortescue, English Roman Catholic martyr (died 1539)source
July 21 – Anna Sforza, Italian noble (died 1497)source
July 21 – Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (died 1534)source
July 22 – Zhu Youyuan, Ming Dynasty politician (died 1519)source
August 28 – Kanō Motonobu, Japanese painter (died 1559)source
September 11 – Louise of Savoy, French regent (died 1531)source
11 September – Louise of Savoy, regent of France (died 1531)France source
October 1 – Guy XVI, Count of Laval (died 1531)source
November 23 – Yeonsangun of Joseon, King of Korean Joseon Dynasty (died 1506)source
December 13 – Lucy Brocadelli, Dominican tertiary and stigmatic (died 1544)source
date unknown – Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (died 1526)source
John Alen, English-born canon lawyer, Archbishop of Dublin (died 1534).Ireland source

Deaths

January 14 – Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, Duchess of York, second child of Richard Plantagenet (born 1439)source
January 14 – John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1444)source
February 23 – Pietro Mocenigo, Doge of the Republic of Venice, dies after 15 months in office.source
March 1 – Imagawa Yoshitada, 9th head of the Imagawa clan (born 1436)source
March 10 – Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr (born 1430)source
March – John I Ernuszt, Ban of Slavoniasource
June 8 – George Neville, English archbishop and statesman (born c. 1432)source
July 6 – Regiomontanus, German astronomer (born 1436)source
September 8 – John II, Duke of Alençon, son of John I of Alençon and Marie of Brittany (born 1409)source
November 28 – James of the Marches, Franciscan friarsource
December 12 – Frederick I, Elector Palatine (born 1425)source
December 26 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan, is assassinated by Giovanni Andrea Lampugnani while inside the Basilica di Santo Stefano Maggiore. Lampugnani, wearing hidden armour, stabs the Duke in the chest and two other aggrieved officials, Carlo Visconti and Gerolamo Olgiati, follow with other weapons.source
December 26 – Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (assassinated) (born 1444)source
Vlad III the Impaler, Prince of Wallachia (born 1431)source