Events

• Ottoman sultan Mehmed II defeats the White Sheep Turkmens lead by Uzun Hasan at Otlukbeli
• Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan invades the territory of neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco. The ruler of Tlatelolco is killed and replaced by a military governor. Tlatelolco loses its independence.
• Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by Didrik Pining and João Vaz Corte-Real
• Almanach Cracoviense ad annum 1474 is published

Births

• February 19 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer and mathematician (died 1543)
• March 17 - King James IV of Scotland (died 1513)
• August 14 - Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury (died 1541)
• August 17 - Richard, Duke of York, one of the Princes in the Tower (died 1483)
• October 26 - Friedrich of Saxony (d. 1510)
• Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (died 1524)
• Jean Lemaire de Belges, Walloon poet and historian (died 1525)
• Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, only son of Richard III of England (died 1484)
• Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (died 1528)
• Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, Tudor politician (died 1555)

Deaths

• January 24 - Conrad Paumann, German composer
• May 8 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (born 1420)
• John Cantius, Polish scholar and theologian
• James II of Cyprus
• Jean Jouffroy, French prelate and diplomat
• Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese nobleman
• Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (born 1448)
• Yamana Souzen, Japanese daimyo and monk (born 1404)

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