1477

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political events

The Battle of Nancy January 5 ends in a triumph for Swiss pikemen, who prevail over Charles the Bold's Burgundian cavalry and demonstrate a prowess that will make them widely sought after as mercenaries. Charles, now 43, fails in his siege of Nancy, he is killed in the battle, and his body is found half-eaten by wolves.

France's Louis XI invades Burgundy, Franche-Comte, and Artois.

The Hapsburgs acquire the Lowlands August 18 through the marriage at Ghent of Maximilian, 18, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich III, to Mary, 20, daughter of the late Charles the Bold.

Thomas Fitzgerald, 7th earl of Kildare, dies after 6 years as lord deputy of Ireland; his son Garret Mór (Great Gerald) inherits the title, acting as surrogate for the English crown (see Poynings, 1494).

Ottoman raiders reach the outskirts of Venice as the 14-year-old war with Constantinople continues.

Walachia's Vlad Tepes (Dracula) is ambushed outside Bucharest and killed 1 year after regaining his throne (see 1476; Fiction [Bram Stoker novel], 1897).

Japan's 10-year-old civil war at Kyoto ends indecisively, but a 100-year period of internal wars begins. The wars will make it impossible for the imperial family to collect rents on its lands and will impoverish the family.

exploration, colonization

Christopher Columbus visits England but is unable to obtain backing for his projected venture in quest of a new route to the Indies (see 1474; 1484).

education

Sweden's Uppsala University, Württemberg's Tübingen University, and Hesse's Mainz University all have their beginnings.

sports

Cricket is banned in England by order of Edward IV, who fixes a fine and 2 years in prison as punishment for anyone caught playing "hands in and hands out" (as the game is called) because it interferes with the compulsory practice of archery (see 1744; "futeball and golfe," 1457).

everyday life

The diamond engagement ring tradition has its beginnings as the young archduke Maximilian orders a jeweler to create a gold ring set with diamonds forming the letter M. Acting on the advice of the emperor's court counsel, Maximilian uses the gold and silver pressed upon him by villagers as he sets out for Burgundy.

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Years:	1474 1475 1476 – 1477 – 1478 1479 1480

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Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

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1477 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1477 MCDLXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2230
Armenian calendar	926 ԹՎ ՋԻԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-367 – -366
Berber calendar	2427
Buddhist calendar	2021
Burmese calendar	839
Byzantine calendar	6985 – 6986
Chinese calendar	丙申年十二月十七日 (4113/4173-12-17) — to — 丁酉年十一月廿七日 (4114/4174-11-27)
Coptic calendar	1193 – 1194
Ethiopian calendar	1469 – 1470
Hebrew calendar	5237 – 5238
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1532 – 1533
- Shaka Samvat	1399 – 1400
- Kali Yuga	4578 – 4579
Holocene calendar	11477
Iranian calendar	855 – 856
Islamic calendar	881 – 882
Japanese calendar	Bunmei 9 (文明9年)
Korean calendar	3810
Thai solar calendar	2020
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Year 1477 (MCDLXXVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

• January 5 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. This marks the end of the Burgundian Wars.
• February 10 – Mary of Burgundy, the daughter of Charles the Bold, is forced by her disgruntled subjects to sign the "Great Privilege," by which the Flemish cities recover all the local and communal rights which had been abolished by the arbitrary decrees of the dukes of Burgundy, in their efforts to create in the Low Countries a centralized state.
• August 18 – Mary of Burgundy marries Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor in Ghent, bringing her Flemish and Burgundian lands into the Holy Roman Empire and detaching them from France.
• The Swedish University of Uppsala is founded.
• November 18 – William Caxton produces Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, the first English book printed on an English printing press.

Births

Map showing the situation of 1477, with Calais, the English Pale and neighboring counties

• January 14 – Hermann of Wied, German Catholic archbishop (d. 1552)
• January 16 – Johannes Schöner, German astronomer and cartographer (d. 1547)
• January 25 – Anne of Brittany, queen of Charles VIII of France (d. 1514)
• February 3 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (d. 1521)
• March 20 – Jerome Emser, German theologian (d. 1527)
• July 4 – Johannes Aventinus, Bavarian historian and philologist (d. 1534)
• date unknown
  • István Báthory, Hungarian nobleman (d. 1534)
• probable
  • Giorgione, painter in Italian High Renaissance (d. 1510)
  • Girolamo del Pacchia, Italian painter (d. 1533)
  • Lambert Simnel, pretender to the throne of England (d. c. 1534)
  • Il Sodoma, Italian painter (d. 1549)
  • Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English diplomat (d. 1539)

Deaths

• January 2
  • Franzone, assassin (executed)
  • Gerolamo Olgiati, assassin (executed)
  • Carlo Visconti, assassin (executed)
• January 5 – Charles, Duke of Burgundy (in battle) (b. 1433)
• January 6 – Jean VIII, Count of Vendôme
• August 4 – Jacques d'Armagnac, Duke of Nemours
• August 11 – Latino Orsini, cardinal (b. 1411)

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