1475

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1440s 1450s 1460s – 1470s – 1480s 1490s 1500s
Years:	1472 1473 1474 – 1475 – 1476 1477 1478

1475 in topic:
Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture –
Art – Literature – Music – Science
Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors
Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
Births – Deaths – Works

Year 1475 (MCDLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January 10 – Battle of Vaslui: Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire, which was led at that time by Mehmed II, the conqueror of Constantinople.
August 29— The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
November – The Battle on the Planta takes place during the Burgundian Wars.
Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.
The Landshuter hochzeit takes place.
The oldest recorded game of chess is played, between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles.

February 25—Edward, Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499)
March 6—Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian painter (d. 1564)
September 6 – Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554)
September 13? – Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1507)
December 11—Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
December 24—Thomas Murner, German satirist (d. c. 1537)
date unknown
- Valerius Anshelm, Swiss chronicler
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish conquistador (approximate date; d. 1519)
- Gendun Gyatso, 2nd Dalai Lama (d. 1541)
probable
- Lucas Vázquez de Ayllón, Spanish explorer (d. 1526)
- Thomas West, 9th Baron De La Warr (d. 1554)
- Margaret Drummond, mistress of James IV of Scotland (d. 1502)
- Pierre Gringore, French poet and playwright (d. 1538)
- Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer (d. 1520)
- Francisco Pizarro, Spanish conquistador (d. 1541)
- John Stokesley, English prelate (d. 1539)