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Years: 1470Events May 15 Charles VIII of Sweden who had served three terms as King of Sweden dies. Sten Sture the Elder becomes Regent of Sweden. October A rebellion orchestrated by King Edward's former ally, the Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to s 1471This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. Events March The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne. April 14 Battle of Barnet Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick 1472Events February 20 The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland Discovery of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia by Joao Vaz Corte-Real. Births Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine artist. Deaths April 25 Leone Battista Alberti, artist ( 1404) Nezahualc 1473Events 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 mili 1474Events December 12 Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella won the civil war after a lengthy str 1475Events August 29 Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. First book printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges. Births February 25 Edward, Earl of Warwick, later last male member of the House of York. March 6 Michelangelo Buo 1476Events March 2 Battle of Grandson. A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold June 2 Battle of Morat. The Swiss again defeat Charles. December Vlad III Dracula manages to become reigning Prince of Wallachia for the third and last time bef 1477Events January 5 Battle of Nancy Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated by the Swiss, and this time is killed. Swedish University of Uppsala founded. November 18 William Caxton produces "Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres", the first English b 1478 1479
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