1470
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1440s 1450s 1460s – 1470s – 1480s 1490s 1500s |
| Years: | 1467 1468 1469 – 1470 – 1471 1472 1473 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1470 MCDLXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2223 |
| Armenian calendar | 919 ԹՎ ՋԺԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6220 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1391–1392 |
| Bengali calendar | 877 |
| Berber calendar | 2420 |
| English Regnal year | 9 Edw. 4 – 10 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2014 |
| Burmese calendar | 832 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6978–6979 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4166 or 4106 — to — 庚寅年 (Metal Tiger) 4167 or 4107 |
| Coptic calendar | 1186–1187 |
| Discordian calendar | 2636 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1462–1463 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5230–5231 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1526–1527 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1391–1392 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4570–4571 |
| Holocene calendar | 11470 |
| Igbo calendar | 470–471 |
| Iranian calendar | 848–849 |
| Islamic calendar | 874–875 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 2 (文明２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1386–1387 |
| Julian calendar | 1470 MCDLXX |
| Korean calendar | 3803 |
| Minguo calendar | 442 before ROC 民前442年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 2 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2012–2013 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1596 or 1215 or 443 — to — 阳金虎年 (male Iron-Tiger) 1597 or 1216 or 444 |
1470 (MCDLXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1470th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 470th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 15th century, and the 1st year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1470, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events
[change | change source]- March 12 – Wars of the Roses in England – Battle of Losecoat Field: The House of York defeats the House of Lancaster.
- July 12 – The Ottomans capture Euboea.
- October 3 – Warwick releases Henry VI of England from the Tower of London, and restores him to the throne.
Births
[change | change source]- June 30 – Charles VIII of France (d. 1498)
- November 2 – King Edward V of England, one of the princes in the Tower (d. c. 1483)