In the year 1470, Charles II of Sweden, having served three terms as King of Sweden, dies (May 15), the Ottomans capture Euboea (today’s Evia) (Jul 12), Henry VI of England is released from the Tower of London, and is restored to the throne (Oct 3), between this year and 1700, 8888 witches are tried in the Swiss Confederation, and of them 5417 are executed, Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France, Sir George Ripley dedicates his book _The Compound of Alchemy _to the King Edward IV of England - and all these fine people were born:

1470-xxxx Jörg Lederer* German sculptor - Füssen, Bavaria (1550/c.80) 1470-0409 Giovanni Angelo Testagrossa* lutenist/ singer- Pavia, Italy (1530/60) 1470-0911 Martin Waldseemüller* cartographer - Wolfenweiler, German Empire (1520/49) 1471-0521 Albrecht Dürer* painter/printmaker/theorist - Nuremberg, Holy Roman Empire (1528/56) 1471-1007 Frederick I* King of Denmark and Norway - Haderslevhus, Denmark (1533/61) 1472-xxxx Albrecht van Loo* attorney/Grand pensionary - Den Haag (1525/c.52) 1472-0215 Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici* “Piero the Unfortunate”/ruler of Florence - Florence, Republic of Florence (1503/31) 1472-0328 Fra Bartolomeo* painter - Savignano di Prato, Tuscany, Italy, Roman Empire (1517/45) 1472-1124 Pietro Torrigiano* sculptor - Florence, Republic of Florence (1528/55) 1473 Individual post 1474-xxxx Juan Ponce de León* Spanish explorer/conquistador/named Florida - Santervás de Campos, Valladolid, Castile (1521/47) 1474-1224 Bartolomeo degli Organi* composer/singer/organist - Florence, Roman Empire (1539/64) 1475 Individual post 1476-0828 Kanoo Motonobu* painter - Japan (1559/83) 1476-1026 Yi Gi* prime minister - Korea (1552/75) 1477-0116 Johannes Schöner* polymath - Karlstadt am Main, German Empire (1547/70) 1478-0207 Thomas More* lawyer/philosopher/statesman - London, England (1535/57) 1478-0316 Francisco Pizarro* conquistador/known for his expeditions that led to the conquest of Peru and the Incas - Trujillo, Crown of Castille, Spanish Empire (1541/63) 1479 Individual post Updated 27.6.2023 Search for another year here