Year 1478 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January 14 - Novgorod surrenders to Ivan III, Grand Prince of Moscow. January 15 - Richard of Shrewsbury, 1st Duke of York, aged 4, is married to 5-year-old Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk. February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. April 26 - The Pazzi at… (More on 1478)