1472 (MCDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1472nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 472nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1472, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1440s  1450s  1460s  – 1470s –  1480s  1490s  1500s
Years: 1469 1470 147114721473 1474 1475
1472 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1472
MCDLXXII
Ab urbe condita2225
Armenian calendar921
ԹՎ ՋԻԱ
Assyrian calendar6222
Balinese saka calendar1393–1394
Bengali calendar879
Berber calendar2422
English Regnal year11 Edw. 4 – 12 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar2016
Burmese calendar834
Byzantine calendar6980–6981
Chinese calendar辛卯(Metal Rabbit)
4168 or 4108
    — to —
壬辰年 (Water Dragon)
4169 or 4109
Coptic calendar1188–1189
Discordian calendar2638
Ethiopian calendar1464–1465
Hebrew calendar5232–5233
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1528–1529
 - Shaka Samvat1393–1394
 - Kali Yuga4572–4573
Holocene calendar11472
Igbo calendar472–473
Iranian calendar850–851
Islamic calendar876–877
Japanese calendarBunmei 4
(文明4年)
Javanese calendar1388–1389
Julian calendar1472
MCDLXXII
Korean calendar3805
Minguo calendar440 before ROC
民前440年
Nanakshahi calendar4
Thai solar calendar2014–2015
Tibetan calendar阴金兔年
(female Iron-Rabbit)
1598 or 1217 or 445
    — to —
阳水龙年
(male Water-Dragon)
1599 or 1218 or 446

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