What is 1472?
{{Year nav|1472}} {{Year in various calendars|1472}} {{Year article header|1472}} == Events == * [[February 20]] – The [[Orkney]]s and [[Shetland]]s are annexed to the crown of [[Scotland]] * Possible discovery of [[Bacalao]] (possibly [[Newfoundland]], North America) and [[João Vaz Corte-Real]]. * Beginning of extensive [[slave trade]] in modern [[Cameroon]], as the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] sail up the [[Wuori River]]. * [[Fernão do Po]] claims the central-[[Africa]]n islands [[Bioko]] and [[Annobón]] for [[Portugal]]. * [[Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena]], the world's oldest bank, is founded. [[Category:1472| ]]