1474

	1474 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:	1471 1472 1473 – 1474 – 1475 1476 1477

Year 1474 (MCDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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December 12 – Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile, a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana, who is supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella wins the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, the newly crowned king of Aragon, comes to her aid.

March 1 – Angela Merici, Italian religious leader and saint (d. 1540)
May 18 – Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua (d. 1539)
September 8 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
October 13 – Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter (d. 1515)
date unknown
- Juan Diego, Mexican Catholic saint (d. 1548)
- Giacomo Pacchiarotti, Italian painter (d. 1539 or 1540)
- Cuthbert Tunstall, English church leader (d. 1559)
- Humphrey Kynaston, English highwayman (d. 1534)
probable
- Edward Guilford, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (d. 1534)
- Sir John Seymour, English courtier (approximate date; d. 1536)
- Perkin Warbeck, pretender to the throne of England (approximate date; d. 1499)

November 27 – Guillaume Dufay, Flemish composer (b. 1397)
December 11 – King Henry IV of Castile (b. 1425)
date unknown
- Gomes Eannes de Azurara, Portuguese chronicler (b. c. 1410)
- William Canynge, English merchant (b. c. 1399)
- James III of Cyprus (b. 1473)
- Gendun Drup, 1st Dalai Lama (b. 1391)
probable
- Walter Frye, English composer
- Jehan de Waurin, French chronicler