1475 - Definition and Overview

Events

• August 29 - Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
• First book printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges.

Births

• February 25 - Edward, Earl of Warwick, later last male member of the House of York.
• March 6 - Michelangelo Buonarroti, painter (+ 1564)
• December 11 - Pope Leo X (+ 1521)
• Filippo de Lurano, Italian composer of frottolas
• Philippe Verdelot, French composer of madrigals, possibly the founder of the style

Deaths