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1472

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Instance of: year
Part of: 1470s
Followed by: 1473
Follows: 1471

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Commons category: 1472
topic's main category: Category:1472
point in time: 1472-01-01
has list: list of state leaders in 1472
category for births in this time period: Category:1472 births
category for deaths in this time period: Category:1472 deaths

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January 22: The "Great Comet", observed by astronomers around the world, comes within 6.5 million miles of Earth, the closest approach in modern history of any comet (picture from the 1493 Nuremberg Chronicle).

Year 1472 (MCDLXXII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

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