1472

1472 (MCDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1472nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 472nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1472, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

1472 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1472 MCDLXXII
Ab urbe condita	2225
Armenian calendar	921 ԹՎ ՋԻԱ
Assyrian calendar	6222
Balinese saka calendar	1393–1394
Bengali calendar	879
Berber calendar	2422
English Regnal year	11 Edw. 4 – 12 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar	2016
Burmese calendar	834
Byzantine calendar	6980–6981
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit) 4168 or 4108     — to — 壬辰年 (Water Dragon) 4169 or 4109
Coptic calendar	1188–1189
Discordian calendar	2638
Ethiopian calendar	1464–1465
Hebrew calendar	5232–5233
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1528–1529
- Shaka Samvat	1393–1394
- Kali Yuga	4572–4573
Holocene calendar	11472
Igbo calendar	472–473
Iranian calendar	850–851
Islamic calendar	876–877
Japanese calendar	Bunmei 4 (文明４年)
Javanese calendar	1388–1389
Julian calendar	1472 MCDLXXII
Korean calendar	3805
Minguo calendar	440 before ROC 民前440年
Nanakshahi calendar	4
Thai solar calendar	2014–2015
Tibetan calendar	ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་ (female Iron-Hare) 1598 or 1217 or 445     — to — ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་ (male Water-Dragon) 1599 or 1218 or 446

Events

• February 20 – The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland
• Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) and João Vaz Corte-Real.
• Beginning of extensive slave trade in modern Cameroon, as the Portuguese sail up the Wuori River.
• Fernão do Po claims the central-African islands Bioko and Annobón for Portugal.
• Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena, the world's oldest bank, is founded.