1478 (MCDLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1478th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 478th year of the 2nd millennium, the 78th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1470s decade. As of the start of 1478, 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: 1475 1476 147714781479 1480 1481
1478 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1478
MCDLXXVIII
Ab urbe condita2231
Armenian calendar927
ԹՎ ՋԻԷ
Assyrian calendar6228
Balinese saka calendar1399–1400
Bengali calendar885
Berber calendar2428
English Regnal year17 Edw. 4 – 18 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar2022
Burmese calendar840
Byzantine calendar6986–6987
Chinese calendar丁酉(Fire Rooster)
4174 or 4114
    — to —
戊戌年 (Earth Dog)
4175 or 4115
Coptic calendar1194–1195
Discordian calendar2644
Ethiopian calendar1470–1471
Hebrew calendar5238–5239
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1534–1535
 - Shaka Samvat1399–1400
 - Kali Yuga4578–4579
Holocene calendar11478
Igbo calendar478–479
Iranian calendar856–857
Islamic calendar882–883
Japanese calendarBunmei 10
(文明10年)
Javanese calendar1394–1395
Julian calendar1478
MCDLXXVIII
Korean calendar3811
Minguo calendar434 before ROC
民前434年
Nanakshahi calendar10
Thai solar calendar2020–2021
Tibetan calendar阴火鸡年
(female Fire-Rooster)
1604 or 1223 or 451
    — to —
阳土狗年
(male Earth-Dog)
1605 or 1224 or 452

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