1471 Explained
Year 1471 (MCDLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January - December
- January - Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar reach the gold-trading centre of Elmina on the Gold Coast of west Africa.[1] and explore Cape St. Catherine, two degrees south of the equator, so that they begin to be guided by the Southern Cross constellation. They also visit Sassandra on the Ivory Coast.
- March 1 - Emperor Lê Thánh Tông captures the Champa capital, establishing new regions in middle Vietnam.
- March - The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne.
- April 14 - Battle of Barnet: Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick, who is killed.[2]
- May 4 - Battle of Tewkesbury: King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army under Queen Margaret and her son, Edward of Westminster the Prince of Wales, who is killed.[3]
- May 21 - King Edward IV celebrates his victories with a triumphal parade on his return to London. The captured Queen Margaret is paraded through the streets. The same day Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London, eliminating all Lancastrian opposition to the House of York.
- July 14 - Battle of Shelon: The forces of Muscovy defeat the Republic of Novgorod.
- August 9 - Pope Sixtus IV succeeds Pope Paul II, to become the 212th pope.
- August 24 - King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the Moroccan town of Arzila.
- August 29 - The Portuguese occupy Tangier, after its population flees the city.
- October 10 - Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm, Sweden: The forces of Regent of Sweden Sten Sture the Elder, with the help of farmers and miners, repel an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
- December 21 - The islands of São Tomé and Príncipe are discovered by Portuguese navigators João de Santarém and Pedro Escobar.[4]
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Deaths
Notes and References
- Book: Wilks, Ivor. Wangara, Akan and Portuguese in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. Bakewell. Peter . Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas. 1997. Ashgate. Aldershot. 1–39.
- Book: Burne, Alfred . Alfred Burne . The Battlefields of England . 8 February 2009 . 1950 . . London . 3010941 . The Battle of Barnet, April 14th, 1471 . https://books.google.com/books?id=IzwOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA108. 108 .
- Web site: English Heritage Battlefield Report: Tewkesbury 1471. 1995. English Heritage. 2–3. 2010-04-24. 24 August 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200824101110/https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/upload/pdf/tewkesbury.pdf?1253781010&1253781010. live.
- Book: Albertino. Francisco. Nujoma. Agostinho. Exorcising Devils from the Throne: São Tomé and Príncipe in the Chaos of Democratization. 28. 2011. Algora . 9780875868486.
- Book: Albrecht Dürer. Peter Russell. Delphi Complete Works of Albrecht Dürer (Illustrated). 24 May 2016. Delphi Classics. 978-1-78656-498-6. 13.
- Book: Jean Clare-Tighe. Loyaulté Me Lie: Loyalty Binds Me. 13 June 2017. Troubador Publishing Ltd. 978-1-78803-348-0. 20.
- Book: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage. 2011. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 978-1-870520-73-7. 122.
- Book: David Hipshon. Richard III. 2011. Routledge. 978-0-415-46281-5. 89.
- Book: Geoff Brown. The Ends of Kings. 15 December 2008. Amberley Publishing Limited. 978-1-4456-3143-1. 92.
- Web site: Paul II pope . Encyclopedia Britannica . 22 August 2020 . en.