What is 1473?
{{Year nav|1473}} {{Year in various calendars|1473}} {{Year article header|1473}} == Events == * [[February 12]] - The first complete edition of [[Avicenna]]'s [[The Canon of Medicine]] (in Latin translation) is published in [[Milan]]. * [[August 11]] - [[Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] [[Mehmed II]] defeats the White Sheep [[Turkmenistan|Turkmens]] led by [[Uzun Hasan]] at [[Otlukbeli]]. === Unknown dates === * [[Axayacatl]], [[Aztec]] ruler of [[Tenochtitlan]], in present-day [[Mexico]], invades the [[territory]] of the neighbouring Aztec city of [[Tlatelolco]]. The ruler of Tlatelolco is killed and replaced by a [[military]] [[governor]], and it loses its independence in the process. * The [[city]] walls of [[Celje]], [[Slovenia]], are built. * [[Marsilio Ficino]] becomes a [[priest]]. * [[Nicolo Marcello]] becomes [[Doge]] of [[Venice]]. == Births == [[File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|thumb|150px|right|[[Nicolaus Copernicus]] 1473-1543]] * [[February 19]] &ndash; [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], astronomer and mathematician (d. [[1543]]) * [[March 16]] &ndash; [[Henry IV, Duke of Saxony]] (d. [[1541]]) * [[March 17]] &ndash; King [[James IV of Scotland]] (d. [[1513]]) * [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Margaret Pole, 8th Countess of Salisbury]] (d. [[1541]]) * [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York|Richard, Duke of York]], one of the Princes in the Tower (d. [[1483]]) * [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Georg von Frundsberg]], German Knight and landowner (d. [[1528]]) * [[October 26]] &ndash; [[Friedrich of Saxony (1473-1510)|Friedrich of Saxony]] (d. [[1510]]) * ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk]], Tudor politician (d. [[1555]]) * ''probable'' ** [[Jean Lemaire de Belges]], Walloon poet and historian (d. [[1525]]) ** [[Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales]], only son of [[Richard III of England]] (d. [[1484]]) {{-}} == Deaths == * [[January 24]] &ndash; [[Conrad Paumann]], German composer (b. c. [[1410]]) * [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Arnold, Duke of Gelderland]] (b. [[1410]]) *