1471

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1440s  1450s  1460s  – 1470s –  1480s  1490s  1500s
Years:	1468 1469 1470 – 1471 – 1472 1473 1474

Events

• March  – The Yorkist King Edward IV returns to England to reclaim his throne.
• April 14  – Battle of Barnet  – Edward defeats the Lancastrian army under Warwick, who is killed.
• May 4  – Battle of Tewkesbury  – King Edward defeats a Lancastrian army under Queen Margaret and her son, Edward of Westminster the Prince of Wales, who is killed. This practically destroys the Lancastrian cause.
• May 20  – Henry VI of England is murdered in the Tower of London and Edward IV becomes sole King of England.
• October 10  – Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm. The forces of Regent of Sweden Sten Sture the Elder with help of farmers and miners repel an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.
• First Inca Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui of the Inca Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Tupac Inca Yupanqui.
• Pedro Escobar and João Gomes first visit São Tomé and Principe.