1473
Copernicus Born in Torun
In a brick merchant's house on the Vistula, a boy was born who would eventually argue that the sun, not the earth, sat still at the center of things.
Aztec Tlatelolco Market at Full Scale
The great marketplace at Tlatelolco, Tenochtitlan's twin city on the adjacent island, operated daily with an estimated sixty thousand traders selling goods…
Inca Terracing System Perfected
Inca engineers refined the agricultural terrace system called andenes that carved the steep Andean mountainsides into productive stepped fields stretching…
Battle of Otlukbeli
Mehmed II crushed Uzun Hasan's Aq Qoyunlu army with Ottoman artillery and janissary discipline in eastern Anatolia.
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1473?
Saeculum lists 4 events from 1473. The most significant is Copernicus Born in Torun: In a brick merchant's house on the Vistula, a boy was born who would eventually argue that the sun, not the earth, sat still at the center of things.
What era was 1473 part of?
1473 falls within the Late Middle Ages (1301-1500). Plague, papal schism, and the seeds of nation-states.
Which regions saw notable events in 1473?
The events from 1473 span Europe, North America, South America and Middle East.