January–March •
January 9 – Grand Prince Jalsan of Joseon becomes the new King of Korea upon the death of his uncle,
King Yejong. Jalisan takes the regnal name of
King Seongjong. •
January 21 –
Jacquetta of Luxembourg, mother of England's Queen Consort
Elizabeth Woodville and mother-in-law of
King Edward IV, is cleared of allegations of witchcraft that had been made against her in 1469 by a follower of the rebel
Earl of Warwick. •
March 12 –
Wars of the Roses in England – At the
Battle of Losecoat Field, the
House of York (supporters of King Edward IV) defeats the
House of Lancaster (supporters of the former King Henry VI, led by Sir Robert Welles). Welles is captured and confesses that he had been hired by the Earl of Warwick and by King Edward's brother,
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence to overthrow the King. Warwick and Clarence flee England and Welles is beheaded. •
March 20 – The
Battle of Nibley Green is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates in England.
April–June •
April 5 – At
Srinagar in the
Kashmir Sultanate, the
Sultan Zayn al-Abidin the Great dies after a reign of almost 52 years, and his succeeded by his son, Prince Haji Khan, who takes the name
Haider Shah Miri on his proclamation as Sultan on May 12. •
May 6 –
Yun Chaun becomes the new
Chief State Councillor (
Yonguijong, equivalent to a prime minister as head of government) of Korea, when he is appointed by
King Seongjong to replace
Hong Yunsŏng. •
May 15 –
Charles VIII of Sweden, who has served three terms as
King of Sweden, dies.
Sten Sture the Elder proclaims himself Regent of Sweden the following day. •
June 1 – Sten Sture is recognised as the new King of Sweden by the estates.
July–September •
July 12 – During the Ottoman–Venetian War, the
Ottomans capture the Greek island of
Euboea, territory of the
Republic of Venice, after a four week
siege of the fortified city of
Negroponte by the Sultan Mehmed II. •
August 20 –
Battle of Lipnic:
Stephen the Great defeats the
Volga Tatars of the
Golden Horde, led by Ahmed Khan. •
September 13 – A rebellion orchestrated by King
Edward IV of England's former ally,
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, forces the King to flee England to seek support from his brother-in-law,
Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
October–December •
October 3 – The Earl of Warwick releases King
Henry VI of England from imprisonment in the
Tower of London, and
restores him to the throne. •
November 28 – Emperor
Lê Thánh Tông of
Đại Việt launches a naval expedition against
Champa, beginning the
Cham–Annamese War. •
December 18 –
Lê Thánh Tông leads the
Đại Việt army into
Champa, conquering the country in less than three months.
Date unknown • The
Pahang Sultanate is established at Pahang Darul Makmur (in modern-day Malaysia). • The first contact occurs between Europeans and the
Fante nation of the
Gold Coast, when a party of Portuguese land and meet with the King of
Elmina. •
Johann Heynlin introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book this same year. • In
Tonga, in or around 1470, the
Tuʻi Tonga Dynasty cedes its temporal powers to the
Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua Dynasty, which will remain prominent until about
1600. • Between this year and
1700, 8,888 witches are tried in the
Swiss Confederation; 5,417 of them are executed. • Sir
George Ripley dedicates his book,
The Compound of Alchemy, to the King
Edward IV of England. • The
Chimor–Inca War ends with an Inca victory. The Chimor Empire is absorbed into the
Inca Empire. == Births ==