1474

Events

• December 12 - Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile and her sister Juana who was supported by her husband, Alfonso V of Portugal. Isabella won the civil war after a lengthy struggle when her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragon, the newly crowned king of Aragon, comes to her aid.

Births

• March 1 - Angela Merici, founder of the Ursulines (d. 1540)
• September 18 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
• Perkin Warbeck, Fleming Pretender to the throne of England, claimed to be Richard, Duke of York (estimated date).
• Sir John Seymour, English courtier (approximate birth).

Deaths

• November 27 - Guillaume Dufay, composer
• December 12 - King Henry IV, the Impotent, of Castile

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