Editing 1472 (section)

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Orkney]] and [[Shetland]] are returned by [[Norway]] to [[Scotland]], as a result of a defaulted [[dowry]] payment.<ref>{{cite book|author=Royal Historical Society (Great Britain)|title=Guides and Handbooks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCtnAAAAMAAJ|year=1939|publisher=Royal Historical Society|page=208}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; A [[mount of piety]] is established in [[Siena]] (Italy), origin of [[Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena]], the [[List of oldest banks in continuous operation|world's oldest surviving retail bank]].<ref>{{Cite tweet|user=banca_mps|number=440841275668176896|date=2014-03-04|title=4 marzo 1472 – 4 marzo 2014 Buon compleanno, Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] &ndash; The first printed edition of [[Dante Alighieri]]'s ''[[Divine Comedy]]'' is published in [[Foligno]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Christopher|last=Kleinhenz|title=Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia|volume=1|publisher=Routledge|year=2004|isbn=0-415-93930-5|page=360}}</ref>
* June
** 20-year-old [[Leonardo da Vinci]] is admitted as a master in his own right to the artists' Guild of Saint Luke in [[Florence]].<ref>{{cite web|date=2019-03-20|title=Leonardo da Vinci: The Master's Master|work=The Eclectic Light Company|url=https://eclecticlight.co/2019/03/20/leonardo-da-vinci-the-masters-master-1/|accessdate=2022-08-26}}</ref>
** (approximate date) – [[Volterra]], a town in [[Italy]], is sacked by [[Florence|Florentine]] soldiers for challenging the power of [[Lorenzo de' Medici]].
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of Saint Peter in [[York]], England, commonly known as [[York Minster]], is declared complete and consecrated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yorkminster.org/general/faqs/|title=York Minster FAQs|access-date=2007-11-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116120700/http://www.yorkminster.org/general/faqs/|archive-date=2007-11-16}}</ref>
* [[December 31]] &ndash; The city council of [[Amsterdam]] prohibits [[snowball fight]]s: "Neymant en moet met sneecluyten werpen nocht maecht noch wijf noch manspersoon." ("No one shall throw with snowballs, neither men nor (unmarried) women.")