1472

	1472 in topic:
	Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture –
	Art – Literature – Music – Science
	Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors
	Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
	Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1440s 1450s 1460s – 1470s – 1480s 1490s 1500s
Years:	1469 1470 1471 – 1472 – 1473 1474 1475

Year 1472 (MCDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1472

February 20 – Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment.
Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real.
An extensive slave trade begins in modern Cameroon, as the Portuguese sail up the Wuori River.
Fernão do Po claims the central-African islands Bioko and Annobón for Portugal.
Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena, the world's oldest surviving bank, is founded.
Leonardo da Vinci is listed as a master in Florence's "Company of Artists".
Foundation of Kingdom of Fez

March 30 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (b. 1435)
April 25 – Leone Battista Alberti, Italian artist, poet, and philosopher (b. 1404)
May 30 – Jacquetta of Luxembourg, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (b. 1416)
June 4 – Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet (b. 1402)
July 5 – Charles of Artois, Count of Eu, French military leader (b. 1394)
November 18 – Basilius Bessarion, titular patriarch of Constantinople (b. c. 1403)
date unknown – Afanasy Nikitin, Russian traveller
probable
- Thomas Boyd, Earl of Arran
- Hayne van Ghizeghem, Flemish composer (b. c. 1445)
- Michelozzo, Italian architect and sculptor (b. 1391)