1472

Years: 1469 1470 1471 - 1472 - 1473 1474 1475
Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment
Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real.
Beginning of extensive slave trade in modern Cameroon, as the Portuguese sail up the Wuori River.
Fernão do Po claims the central-African islands Bioko and Annobón for Portugal.
Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena, the world's oldest bank, is founded.

April 25 - Leone Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (born 1404)
May 30 - Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (born 1416)
July 5 - Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
Johannes Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople
Thomas Boyd, 1st Earl of Arran
Hayne van Ghizeghem, Flemish composer
Michelozzo, Italian architect and sculptor (born 1391)
Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet
Afanasiy Nikitin, Russian traveller
Amadeus IX of Savoy (born 1435)

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