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[[File:VlaanderenArtesie1477.png|thumb|The situation of 1477, with Calais, the English Pale and neighboring counties.]]Year '''1477''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].
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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
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* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Battle of Nancy]]: [[Charles the Bold]] of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] is again defeated, and this time is killed; this marks the end of the [[Burgundian Wars]].
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* [[February]]? &ndash; Volcano [[Bardarbunga]] erupts, with a [[VEI]] of 6.
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* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Mary of Burgundy]], the daughter of [[Charles of Burgundy|Charles the Bold]], is forced by her disgruntled subjects to sign the ''[[Great Privilege]]'', by which the Flemish cities recover all the local and communal rights which have been abolished by the decrees of the dukes of Burgundy, in their efforts to create in the [[Low Countries]] a centralized state.
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* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Uppsala University]] is founded, becoming the first university in [[Sweden]] and all of Scandinavia.
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* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Mary of Burgundy]] marries [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]], in [[Ghent]], bringing her Flemish and Burgundian lands into the [[Holy Roman Empire]], and detaching them from France.<ref>Heimann, Heinz-Dieter. Die Habsburger: Dynastie und Kaiserreiche. pp. 38–45. </ref>
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* [[November 18]] &ndash; [[William Caxton]] produces [[Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers|Earl Rivers]]' translation into English of ''[[Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers|Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres]]'', at his press in [[Westminster]], the first book printed in England on a printing press.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.</ref></onlyinclude>
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===Undated===
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* [[Ivan III of Russia]] marches against the [[Novgorod Republic]], marking the beginning of [[Russian Colonialism]].
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* [[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]] starts to study [[canon law]], at the [[University of Bologna]].
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* [[Thomas Norton (alchemist)]] writes ''Ordinall of Alchemy''.
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* The first edition of ''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'' is printed.
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== Births ==
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* [[January 13]] &ndash; [[Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland]] (d. [[1527]])
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* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Hermann of Wied]], German Catholic archbishop (d. [[1552]])
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* [[January 16]] &ndash; [[Johannes Schöner]], German astronomer and cartographer (d. [[1547]])
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* [[January 25]] &ndash; [[Anne of Brittany]], sovereign duchess of Brittany, queen of [[Charles VIII of France]] (d. [[1514]])
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* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Jerome Emser]], German theologian (d. [[1527]])
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* [[June 22]] &ndash; [[Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset]], English noble (d. [[1530]])
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* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Johannes Aventinus]], Bavarian historian and philologist (d. [[1534]])
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* [[July 12]] &ndash; [[Jacopo Sadoleto]], Italian cardinal (d. [[1547]])
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* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Bartolomeo Fanfulla]], Italian mercenary (d. [[1525]])
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* [[September 19]] &ndash; [[Ferrante d'Este]], Ferrarese nobleman and condottiero (d. [[1540]])
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* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Matthäus Zell]], German Lutheran pastor (d. [[1548]])
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* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[István Báthory]], Hungarian nobleman (d. [[1534]])
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* ''probable''
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** [[Giorgione]], painter in Italian High Renaissance (d. [[1510]])
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** [[Girolamo del Pacchia]], Italian painter (d. [[1533]])
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** [[Lambert Simnel]], pretender to the throne of England (d. c. [[1534]])
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** [[Il Sodoma]], Italian painter (d. [[1549]])
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** [[Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English diplomat (d. [[1539]])
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== Deaths ==
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* [[January 2]]
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** [[Franzone]], Italian assassin (executed)
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** [[Gerolamo Olgiati]], Italian assassin (executed)
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** [[Carlo Visconti]], Italian assassin (executed)
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* [[January 5]] &ndash; [[Charles the Bold]], [[Duke of Burgundy]] (in battle) (b. [[1433]])
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* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme]]
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* [[January 15]] &ndash; [[Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg]], consort of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (b. [[1449]])
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* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Adolf, Duke of Guelders]] and Count of Zutphen (1465–1471) (b. [[1438]])
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* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours]]
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* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Latino Orsini]], Italian Catholic cardinal (b. [[1411]])
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* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Maria of Mangup]], Princess-consort of Moldavia
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* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Charlotte de Brézé]], French countess  (b. [[1446]])
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Latest revision as of 22:21, 19 February 2021

1467 < 1468 < 1469 < 1470 < 1471 < 1472 < 1473 <1474 < 1475 < 1476 < 1477 > 1478 > 1479 > 1480 > 1481 > 1482 > 1483 > 1484 > 1485 > 1486 > 1487

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Year 1477
The situation of 1477, with Calais, the English Pale and neighboring counties.

Year 1477 (MCDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

Undated

Births

Deaths


 

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References

  1. Heimann, Heinz-Dieter. Die Habsburger: Dynastie und Kaiserreiche. pp. 38–45.
  2. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006.