Historical Events
- Mar 30 Duke Sigismund of Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
- Apr 9 Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon and Italians
- Dec 12 Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile & Aragon
Famous People Born in 1474
- Feb 12 Lorenzo Campeggi(o), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat
- Mar 21 Angela Merici, Italian monastery founder/saint
- May 19 Isabella d'Este, Marquise of Mantua, born in Ferrara, Duchy of Ferrara (d. 1539)
- Sep 8 Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (Orlando Furioso), born in Reggio Emilia, Italy (d. 1533)
- Oct 13 Mariotto Albertinelli, Italian painter, born in Florence (d. 1515)
Famous People Who Died in 1474
- May 9 Peter van Hagenbach, Elzasser knight & land guardian, beheaded at 54
- Nov 27 Guillaume Dufay, French Flemish composer, dies at about 74