1471

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1440s  1450s  1460s  – 1470s –  1480s  1490s  1500s
Years:	1468 1469 1470 – 1471 – 1472 1473 1474

1471 Media

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  The Battle of Tewkesbury is fought, restoring Edward IV.

1471 (MCDLXXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1471st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 471st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 15th century, and the 2nd year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1471, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• 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.
• 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. This practically destroys the Lancastrian cause.
• May 20 – Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London and Edward IV becomes sole King of England.
• October 10 – Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm. The forces of Regent of Sweden Sten Sture the Elder with help of farmers and miners repel an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
• First Inca Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui of the Inca Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Tupac Inca Yupanqui.
• Pedro Escobar and João Gomes first visit São Tomé and Principe.