1476

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1440s  1450s  1460s  – 1470s –  1480s  1490s  1500s
Years:	1473 1474 1475 – 1476 – 1477 1478 1479

1476 Media

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  December 25: The Duke of Milan, Galeazzo Sforza, is assassinated during a church service.

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  March 2: The Battle of Grandson is fought in Switzerland.

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  November 26: Vlad the Impaler declares himself the Prince of Wallachia, but is killed less than a month later.

1476 (MCDLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1476th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 476th year of the 2nd millennium, the 76th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1476, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• March 2 – Battle of Grandson. A Swiss army defeats the Burgundians under Charles the Bold
• June 2 – Battle of Morat. The Swiss again defeat Charles.
• December – Vlad III Dracula manages to become reigning Prince of Wallachia for the third and last time before being assassinated by decapitation. His head is sent to his old enemy Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire.