1478

Year 1478 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events

 * - surrenders to,.
 * -, aged four, is married to five-year-old.
 * -, convicted of against his older brother , is privately executed in the.
 * - The attack  and kill his brother  during High Mass in the.
 * November - succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as  at the age of six.
 * - - Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
 * becomes sole ruler of
 * makes peace with

Births

 * -, English statesman and humanist (died )
 * -, ruler of Florence (d. )
 * - (died )
 * - King (died )
 * August -, Spanish historian (died )
 * -, Italian writer and diplomat (died )
 * date unknown
 * , French anatomist (died )
 * , Italian physician (died )
 * , Italian navigator and cartographer (died )
 * probable -, English composer

Deaths

 * -, brother of and  (executed) (born )
 * -, son of (assassinated) (born )
 * -, Marquis of Mantua (born )
 * -, Italian scholar (born )
 * - Emperor (born )