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 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1476 MCDLXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2229 |
| Armenian calendar | 925 ԹՎ ՋԻԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6226 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1397–1398 |
| Bengali calendar | 883 |
| Berber calendar | 2426 |
| English Regnal year | 15 Edw. 4 – 16 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2020 |
| Burmese calendar | 838 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6984–6985 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4172 or 4112 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4173 or 4113 |
| Coptic calendar | 1192–1193 |
| Discordian calendar | 2642 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1468–1469 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5236–5237 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1532–1533 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1397–1398 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4576–4577 |
| Holocene calendar | 11476 |
| Igbo calendar | 476–477 |
| Iranian calendar | 854–855 |
| Islamic calendar | 880–881 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunmei 8 (文明８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1392–1393 |
| Julian calendar | 1476 MCDLXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3809 |
| Minguo calendar | 436 before ROC 民前436年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 8 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2018–2019 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1602 or 1221 or 449 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1603 or 1222 or 450 |
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
[change | change source]- 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.