History
1471
General
Population: 436 Million*
- Entertainment: Music includes Jakob Obrecht composes "St. Matthew Passion"
- Religion: Death of Pope Paul II – Pope Sixtus IV (Francesco della Rovere) elected
- Deaths: Mystic Thomas a kempis, Bohemian king and Hussite leader George of Podebrad, Pope Paul II, Henry VI of England, Richard Earl of Warwick,
Edward Prince of Wales
Africa
- European explorers cross equator in exploration of Africa's coast
Portuguese under Alfonso V take Tangier from Muslims
Americas
- Emperor Topa Inca expands Inca empire into Bolivia, Chile and Argentina – tenth Sapa Inca – roadbuilding begins connecting all parts with Cuzco
Asia
- Cambodia: Vietnamese conquer the Champa
- India: Famine
Europe
- Bohemia: Death of Hussite leader George of Podebrad as King - succeeded by Vladislav II
- England: In War of Roses, Edward IV King of England returns to England and defeats and kills Richard Earl of Warwick at Battle of Barnet –
defeats Queen Margaret and kills Prince Edward at Tewkesbury and enters London – Henry VI murdered in the Tower
Start of reign of Henry VII Tudor
Psetilence fallows war
- Switzerland: Chicken found guilty of laying an egg in defiance of natural law and sentenced to be burned at the stake