1478

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1440s  1450s  1460s  – 1470s –  1480s  1490s  1500s
Years:	1475 1476 1477 – 1478 – 1479 1480 1481

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1478 (MCDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1478th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 478th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1478, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• February 18 – George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
• April 26 – The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
• December 28 – Battle of Giornico – Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
• Lorenzo de' Medici becomes sole ruler of Florence
• Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow conquers Novgorod
• Vladislav II of Bohemia makes peace with Hungary
• Eskender succeeds his father Baeda Maryam as Emperor of Ethiopia at the age of six.