Year 1475 (MCDLXXV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December January 10 – Battle of Vaslui (Moldavian–Ottoman Wars): Stephen III of Moldavia defeats the Ottoman Empire, which is led at this time by Mehmed the Conqueror of Constantinople. July 4 – Burgundian Wars: Edward IV of England lands in Calais, in support of the Duchy of Burgundy against France. August 29 – The Treaty of Picquigny ends the brief war between France and England. November 13 – Burgundian Wars – Battle on the Planta: Forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious against those of the Duchy of Savoy, near Sion, Switzerland. November 14 – The original Landshut Wedding takes place, between George, Duke of Bavaria, and Hedwig Jagiellon. December – The Principality of Theodoro falls to the Ottoman Empire, arguably taking with it the final remnant of the successor to the Roman Kingdom after nearly 2,228 years of Roman civilization since the legendary Founding of Rome in 753 BC. Date unknown Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye is the first book to be printed in English, by William Caxton in Bruges (or 1473–74?). Rashi's commentary on the Torah is the first dated book to be printed in Hebrew, in Reggio di Calabria. Conrad of Megenberg's book, Buch der Natur, is published in Augsburg. In Wallachia, Radu cel Frumos loses the throne (for the last time), and is again replaced by Basarab Laiotă. Births January 9 – Crinitus, Italian humanist (d. 1507) January 29 – Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter (d. 1555) February 25 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick, last male member of the House of York (d. 1499) March 6 – Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor (d. 1564) March 12 – Luca Gaurico, Italian astrologer (d. 1558) March 30 – Elisabeth of Culemborg, German noble (d. 1555) June 29 – Beatrice d'Este, duchess of Bari and Milan (d. 1497) September 6 Artus Gouffier, Lord of Boissy, French nobleman and politician (d. 1519) Sebastiano Serlio, Italian Mannerist architect (d. 1554) September 8 – John Stokesley, English prelate (d. 1539) September 13 or April 1476 – Cesare Borgia, illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI (approximate date; d. 1507) October 20 – Giovanni di Bernardo Rucellai, Italian Renaissance man of letters (d. 1525) November 2 – Anne of York, seventh child of King Edward IV of England and Elizabeth Woodville