* 1471 – George, Duke of Saxony ( d. 1539 )

* 1471 – In England, the Yorkists under Edward IV defeat the Lancastrians under the Earl of Warwick at the Battle of Barnet ; the Earl is killed and Edward IV resumes the throne.

Albrecht Dürer (; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528 ) was a German painter, printmaker, engraver, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg.

# Georg " der Bärtige " ( b. Meissen, 27 August 1471 – d. Dresden, 17 April 1539 ).

The Mapuche fought against the Sapa Tupac Inca Yupanqui ( c. 1471 – 1493 ) and his army.

* Eskender ( 1471 – 1494 ), Emperor of Ethiopia sometimes known as Constantine II

Coming from modest beginnings in Savona, Liguria, the family rose to prominence through nepotism and ambitious marriages arranged by two Della Rovere popes, Francesco della Rovere, who ruled as Pope Sixtus IV ( 1471 – 1484 ) and his nephew Giuliano ( Pope Julius II, 1503 – 1513 ).

* 1421 – King Henry VI of England ( d. 1471 )

* 1417 – Pope Paul II ( d. 1471 )

* 1471 – Piero di Lorenzo de ' Medici, Italian ruler ( d. 1503 )

The Renaissance saw the continuation of interest in magic that had been found in the Mediaeval period, and in this period, there was an increased interest in Hermeticism amongst occultists and ceremonial magicians in Europe, largely fuelled by the 1471 translation of the ancient Corpus hermeticum into Latin by Marsilio Ficino ( 1433 – 1499 ).

George the Bearded, Duke of Saxony ( Meissen, 27 August 1471 – Dresden, 17 April 1539 ), was duke of Saxony from 1500 to 1539.

File: Durer selfporitrait. jpg | Albrecht Dürer ( 1471 – 1528 )

* 1419 – Emperor Go-Hanazono of Japan ( d. 1471 )

* 1471 – Eskender, Ethiopian emperor ( d. 1494 )

The Kalmar Union ( Danish, Norwegian and ; ) is a historiographical term describing a series of personal unions ( 1397 – 1523 ) that intermittently joined under a single monarch the three kingdoms of Denmark, Sweden ( then including Finland ), and Norway ( then including Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands and, prior to their transfer to Scotland in 1471, Shetland and Orkney ).

* 1471 – Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury: Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.

* 1538 – John Forrest, English friar and martyr ( b. 1471 )

* 1471 – George of Podebrady, King of Bohemia ( b. 1420 )

* 1471 – Battle of Brunkeberg in Stockholm: Sten Sture the Elder, the Regent of Sweden, with the help of farmers and miners, repels an attack by Christian I, King of Denmark.

* 1471 – King Frederick I of Denmark and Norway ( d. 1533 )

* 1453 – Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales ( d. 1471 )

* 1471 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist ( d. 1526 )

Only 18 years old, Richard played crucial roles in the battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury that resulted in Edward's restoration to the throne in spring 1471.

On 18 May 1471, Richard was named Great Chamberlain and Lord High Admiral of England.

Richard visited Pontefract from 1471, in April and October 1473, and in early March 1474 for a week.

* Richard Neville of England ( 1428 – 1471 ), nobleman, administrator, and military commander

* November 22 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker ( d. 1471 )

It was she who called for a Great Council in May 1455 that excluded the Yorkist faction headed by Richard, Duke of York, and thus provided the spark that ignited a civil conflict that lasted for over thirty years, decimated the old nobility of England, and caused the deaths of thousands of men, including her only son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, at the Battle of Tewkesbury in 1471.

Following Warwick's death at Barnet in 1471 and Edward's restoration to the throne, his brother Richard married Anne Neville, Warwick's younger daughter, and made Middleham his main home.

When the founder, the 1st Earl of Salisbury, died, he was buried at the priory, as were many later Earls of Salisbury, including Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who was buried in April 1471.

While the Wars of the Roses effectively ended at Tewkesbury in 1471, Richard III's alleged murder of the Princes in the Tower, coupled with his invalidation by Act of Parliament, subsequently repealed, of the marriage of Edward IV to Elizabeth Woodville caused the English people to rally behind the last reasonably legitimate British adult male descendant of Edward III, Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond.

* Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ( 1428 – 1471 ), married Lady Anne Beauchamp and had issue.

Montagu returned to high office in the north, but was killed with his brother Richard fighting the Yorkist forces at the Battle of Barnet in 1471.

Their son was Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ( 1428 – 1471 ), The Kingmaker.

** Richard Neville, jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick ( 1428 – 1471 ) (" Warwick the Kingmaker ")

Some maintenance was done by subsequent owners, Richard Beauchamp ( d. 1439 ), Richard Neville ( d. 1471 ) and Jasper Tudor ( d. 1495 ), probably because of its strategic usefulness, but this petered out at the end of the 15th century.

Despite being occupied by Mountfort family, Richard Neville regained his power and land, but died in 1471.

* Richard Neville, 6th Earl of Salisbury and jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick (" Warwick the Kingmaker ") by wife Lady Anne Beauchamp, 16th Countess of Warwick ( 1428 – 1471 ) ( reverted to the crown 1471 ; by modern law it might, with his other titles, be abeyant ).

* Richard Fiennes, 4th Baron Saye and Sele ( 1471 – 1501 )

Richard, Duke of Gloucester became master of the castle in 1471 after Warwick died at the Battle of Barnet.

* Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick ( 1428 – 1471 ), known as " Warwick the Kingmaker ", English noble, fought in the Wars of the Roses ( 1455 – 1485 )