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1474| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1467–1477 | South Asia [political events] | The kingdoms of Jaffna and Kandy in the north and centre of modern Sri Lanka respectively, wrest their independence from the kingdom of Kotte following the death of its king Parakramabahu VI and end its control over the entire island. | | 1474 | Italy [painting] | Italian artist Andrea Mantegna completes his frescoes in the Camera degli Sposi/Marriage Room in the Ducal Palace in Mantua, Italy. It presents a vivid depiction of the life at the Mantua court. | | April 1474 | China, Ming Empire [wars] | Ming forces construct the present-day ‘Great Wall’ along the border of the Ordos desert in the Shensi province of China in order to hold back persistent Mongol incursions. | | September 1474 | England, Germany, Holy Roman Empire [diplomacy] | King Edward IV of England ends six years of desultory naval war against the Hanseatic League with the Peace of Utrecht, and restores the League's trading privileges and English depots (steelyards) at London, Boston, and King's Lynn. | | 12 December 1474 | Castile, Aragon, Spain [administration] | Henry IV the Impotent, King of Castile, dies and is succeeded by his sister Isabella and her husband Ferdinand V, son and heir of John II of Aragon. |
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