Construction of town walls in Celje (in today’s Slovenia) were started in 1450 and finished in 1473
In the year 1473, Leonardo da Vinci signs his drawing Landscape with a river, described as the first example of a pure landscape depiction in European art (Aug 5), Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, invades the territory of the neighboring Aztec city of Tlatelolco, the city walls and defensive moat are built in Celje, Duchy of Styria, extreme heat causes the Danube to dry out in parts of Europe - and all these fine people were born:
1473-0219 Nicolaus Copernicus* mathematician/astronomer - Torún, Prussia, Kingdom of Poland (1543/70)
1473-0225 Al-Mutawakkil Yahya Sharaf ad-Din* imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen - Yemen (1555/82)
1473-0303 Asakura Sadakage* 朝倉 貞景 head of Asakura during the early Sengoku Period of Japan (1512/39)
1473-0316 Henry IV, Duke of Saxony* Lord of Friesland - Dresden (1541/68)
1473-0317 James IV of Scotland* King of Scotland/reformer - Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland (1513/40)
1473-0402 John Corvinus* illegitimate son of King of Hungary - Buda, Kingdom of Hungary (1504/31)
1473-0704 Matilda of Hesse* Landgrave princess - Blankenstein (1505/31)
1473-0706 James III of Cyprus* the only child of James II of Cyprus/his death paved the way for Venice to gain control of Cyprus - Cyprus (1474/1)
1473-0731
1473-0814 Margaret Pole* (b Plantagenet) Countess of Salisbury/beatified martyr - Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Somerset, England (1541/67)
1473-0817 Richard of Shrewsbury* Duke of York/son of King Edward IV - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England (1483/c.10)
1473-0825 Margaret of Münsterberg* German regent - Breslau (1530/56)
1473-0902 Ercole Strozzi* Italian poet - Ferrara (1508/34)
1473-0910
1473-0923 Thomas Lovett III* civil servant/High Sheriff - Astwell Castle, Northamptonshire, England (1542/69)
1473-0924 Georg von Frundsberg* German military leader - Mindelheim, Bavaria (1528/54)
1473-1001
1473-1026 Frederick of Saxony* the 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order - Torgau (1510/37)
Updated 27.6.2023
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