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What Happened In History Year 1476

Historical Events for the Year 1476

  • 1st March » Forces of the Catholic Monarchs engage the combined Portuguese-Castilian armies of Afonso V of Portugal named Afonso V and John II of Portugal or Prince John at the Battle of Toro.
  • 2nd March » Burgundian Wars: The Old Swiss Confederacy hands Charles the Bold, Duchy of Burgundy named Duke of Burgundy, a major defeat in the Battle of Grandson in Canton of Neuchâtel.
  • 11th July » Pope Julius II named Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
  • 26th November » Vlad the Impaler (Dracula) defeats Basarab Laiotă cel Bătrân named Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.

Famous Birthdays in 1476

Famous Deaths in History for 1476

  • 26th April » Simonetta Vespucci, Italian model (b. 1453)
  • 8th June » George Neville (bishop) e.g George Neville, English archbishop (b. 1432)
  • 6th July » Regiomontanus, German mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer (b. 1436)
  • 26th December » Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (b. 1444)

Historical events for the year 1476 by month