What is 1471?
{{Year nav|1471}} {{Year in various calendars|1471}} {{Year article header|1471}} == Events == * [[March]] – The [[Yorkist]] King [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]] returns to [[England]] to reclaim his throne. * [[April 14]] – [[Battle of Barnet]] – Edward defeats the [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrian]] army under [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick|Warwick]], who is killed. * [[May 4]] – [[Battle of Tewkesbury]] – King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army under [[Margaret of Anjou|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 of England|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 [[farmer]]s and [[:wikt:miner|miner]]s repel an attack by [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], [[King of Denmark]]. * First Inca [[Pachacuti|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]]. [[Category:1471| ]]