1474
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1474 (MCDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1474th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 474th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1474, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
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Events
The Treaty of Utrecht was signed ending the Anglo-Hanseatic War in February
Births
- Ludovico Ariosto (d. 1533), Italian Poet
- Giulia Farnese (d. 1524) mistress to Pope Alexander VI
- Juan Ponce de Leon (d. 1521), Spanish explorer
- Perkin Warbeck (d. 1499) English Throne Pretender
Deaths
- Guillaume Dufay, Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer
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