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

Events

• 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.

Births

• 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)

Deaths

• 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

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