1476
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| Years: 1473 1474 1475 - 1476 - 1477 1478 1479 | |
| Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- 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 before being assassinated by decapitation. His head is sent to his old enemy Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.
Deaths
- June 28 - Pope Paul IV (died 1559)
- August 28 - Kano Motonobu, Japanese painter (died 1559)
- Juan Sebastián Elcano, Spanish explorer (died 1526)
Births
- June 8 - George Neville, English archbishop and statesman
- July 6 - Regiomontanus, German astronomer (born 1436)
- December 26 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (assassinated) (born 1444)
- Vlad III Dracula, Prince of Wallachia (born 1431)
- Robert Morton, English composer
- Isabella Neville, Duchess of Clarence (born 1451)
- John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (born 1444)
