Editing 1470 (section)

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* The [[Pahang Sultanate]] is established at Pahang Darul Makmur (in modern-day Malaysia).
* The first contact occurs between Europeans and the [[Fante people|Fante]] nation of the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]], when a party of Portuguese land and meet with the King of [[Elmina]].
* [[Johann Heynlin]] introduces the printing press into France and prints his first book this same year.
* In [[Tonga]], in or around 1470, the [[Tuʻi Tonga]] Dynasty cedes its temporal powers to the [[Tuʻi Haʻatakalaua]] Dynasty, which will remain prominent until about [[1600]].
* Between this year and [[1700]], 8,888 witches are tried in the [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss Confederation]]; 5,417 of them are executed.
* Sir [[George Ripley (alchemist)|George Ripley]] dedicates his book, ''The Compound of Alchemy'', to the King [[Edward IV]] of England.</onlyinclude>
* The [[Chimor–Inca War]] ends with an Inca victory. The Chimor Empire is absorbed into the [[Inca Empire]].