1478 - Definition and Overview

Events

• February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London.
• April 26 - The Pazzi attack Lorenzo de' Medici and kill his brother Giuliano during High Mass in the Florence Cathedral.
• December 28 - Battle of Giornico - Swiss troops defeat the Milanese.
• Lorenzo de' Medici becomes sole ruler of Florence
• Grand Prince Ivan III of Moscow conquers Novgorod
• Vladislav II of Bohemia makes peace with Hungary

Births

• February 7 - Sir Thomas More, statesman and humanist, author of Utopia (Novel) (d. 1535)
• December 6 - Baldassarre Castiglione, Italian writer and diplomat (the author of The Book of the Courtier - d. 1529).
• Pope Clement VII (d. 1534)

Deaths

• February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, younger brother of Edward IV of England.
• April 26 - Giuliano di Piero de' Medici killed in Florence Cathedral