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Years: 1469 1470 1471 - 1472 - 1473 1474 1475
Decades: 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

February 20 - The Orkneys and Shetlands are annexed to the crown of Scotland

Births

Fra Bartolommeo, Florentine artist.

Deaths

April 25 - Leone Battista Alberti, artist (* 1404)
Nezahualcoyotl, Aztec poet