Year by year · 15th century

1471

1471 in world history: 6 events, 3 births, 7 deaths, 1 work and 1 state that came to an end. 915 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 14 April

    Warwick the Kingmaker is killed at the Battle of Barnet

    Edward IV defeated the Lancastrian army in fog at Barnet, and Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, was killed in the rout. Victory at Tewkesbury weeks later secured Edward's throne.

  2. Battle

    Battle of Shelon

    The Battle of Shelon was fought on 14 July 1471 on the Shelon river, west of Lake Ilmen, between the army of the Novgorod Republic and the forces of Ivan III of Moscow.

  3. Battle

    Battle of Brunkeberg

    The Battle of Brunkeberg was fought on 10 October 1471 on a ridge outside Stockholm, where the Swedish regent Sten Sture the Elder, with peasants, miners and burghers, defeated King Christian I of Denmark, who sought to enforce his rule over Sweden under the…

  4. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Korostyn

    The Treaty of Korostyn was concluded in August 1471 between Ivan III of Moscow and the Novgorod Republic after Novgorod's defeat at the Battle of Shelon.

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Born in 1471 3

Died in 1471 7

Works 1

States that came to an end 1

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