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1474

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year 1474 (MCDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

= January–December =

  • February – The Treaty of Utrecht puts an end to the Anglo-Hanseatic War.
  • March 19 – The Senate of the Republic of Venice enacts the Venetian Patent Statute, one of the earliest patent systems in the world.{{Cite book|last=Ladas|first=Stephen Pericles|title=Patents, Trademarks, and Related Rights: National and International Protection, Volume 1|year=1975|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-65775-5|pages=6–7}} New and inventive devices, once put into practice, have to be communicated to the Republic to obtain the right to prevent others from using them. This is considered the first modern patent system.{{Cite book|first= Helmut|last=Schippel|chapter=Die Anfänge des Erfinderschutzes in Venedig|editor-last=Lindgren|editor-first= Uta |editor-link= Uta Lindgren |title=Europäische Technik im Mittelalter, 800 bis 1400: Tradition und Innovation |edition=4. |location=Berlin|year=2001|pages=539–550|isbn=3-7861-1748-9 |url=http://www.wolfgang-pfaller.de/venedig.htm|publisher=Wolfgang Pfaller}}
  • July 25 – By signing the Treaty of London, Charles the Bold of Burgundy agrees to support Edward IV of England's planned invasion of France.{{Cite book|last=Lander|first=J. R.|title=Government and Community: England, 1450–1509|year=1981|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-35794-5|page=287}}
  • December 12 – Upon the death of Henry IV of Castile, a civil war ensues between his designated successor Isabella I of Castile, and her niece Juana, who is supported by her husband, Afonso V of Portugal. Isabella wins the civil war after a lengthy struggle, when her husband, the newly crowned Ferdinand II of Aragon, comes to her aid.

= Date unknown =

Births

Deaths

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File:Ali Kuşçu Portre.jpg died 16 December]]

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