1476
1476 is the year Caxton set up England's first printing press.
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Where 1476 fits
Why 1476 is special
He printed in English rather than Latin and had to choose between competing regional dialects. Those choices helped fix which forms became standard written English.
Same number, different meanings
How 1476 is understood across different contexts — never implying one meaning because of another.
- Mathematics
He printed in English rather than Latin and had to choose between competing regional dialects. Those choices helped fix which forms became standard written English.
- Technology & computing
In 1476, William Caxton set up England's first printing press at Westminster (England).
- Culture
Caxton printed in the vernacular and had to select among dialects that spelled and inflected differently. Printing repeated his choices at scale, which is part of why standard written English took the shape it did.
1476 is part of
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (18)
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 41, 82, 123, 164, 246, 369, 492, 738, 1476
- Prime factorisation
- 2^2 × 3^2 × 41
- Digit sum
- 18
- Digital root
- 9
Representations
- Decimal
- 1476
- Scientific notation
- 1.476 × 10^3
Roman numerals
M C D L X X V I
MCDLXXVI uses the subtractive pair CD: a hundred before five hundred — five hundred minus a hundred.
Binary
1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 × 1,024 + 0 × 512 + 1 × 256 + 1 × 128 + 1 × 64 + 0 × 32 + 0 × 16 + 0 × 8 + 1 × 4 + 0 × 2 + 0 × 1 = 1,476
Octal
2 7 0 4
2 × 512 + 7 × 64 + 0 × 8 + 4 × 1 = 1,476
Hexadecimal
5 c 4
5 × 256 + c × 16 + 4 × 1 = 1,476
Read as powers of two: 1,024 + 256 + 128 + 64 + 4 = 1,476.
In historical numeral systems
Egyptian
1 lotus, 4 coils of rope, 7 hobbles, 6 strokes
1 × 1,000 + 4 × 100 + 7 × 10 + 6 × 1 = 1,476. The signs are simply repeated and added; where they sit on the line is a matter of layout, not value.
Babylonian
2 corner wedges + 4 vertical wedges (sixties place), 3 corner wedges + 6 vertical wedges (units place)
24 × 60 + 36 = 1476. Places are separated by a space on the tablet, with the higher place written first.
Systems that simply cannot reach this value are left out. Where a script needs a font most readers do not have, the reading is given instead of the glyphs — see number systems for each system in full.
Other mathematical patterns
- Abundant number
- Harshad (Niven) number
Related numbers & connections
1476 is a year in the 15th century, in the 1470s.
Numbers Around Us
- appears inHistorical years
why?
Strength 0.50, confidence "high".
Technology & computing
In 1476, William Caxton set up England's first printing press at Westminster (England).
DocumentedTechnology & computingGeography: EnglandPeriod: 1476
Culture
Caxton printed in the vernacular and had to select among dialects that spelled and inflected differently. Printing repeated his choices at scale, which is part of why standard written English took the shape it did.
DocumentedCultureGeography: EnglandPeriod: 1476
Common questions
Is 1476 a prime number?
No, 1476 is not prime.
What are the factors of 1476?
The factors of 1476 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 41, 82, 123, 164, 246, 369, 492, 738, 1476.
What is 1476 in Roman numerals?
1476 in Roman numerals is MCDLXXVI. CD is subtractive: a hundred before five hundred — five hundred minus a hundred. Written additively it would be MCCCCLXXVI, which Roman inscriptions used freely — the strict subtractive form is a later convention.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 2 reviewer-confirmed records, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026