1466
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1466 in poetry |
446 before ROC 民前446年 | |
Nanakshahi calendar | −2 |
Thai solar calendar | 2008–2009 |
Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1592 or 1211 or 439 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1593 or 1212 or 440 |
Year 1466 (MCDLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
- The Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Samtskhe-Saatabago and a number of principalities; this breakup is finalised in 1490, when Constantine II of Georgiahas to recognize his rival monarchies.
- The Mentelin Bible, the first printed German language Bible, is produced.
- The first known shop specialising in eyeglasses opens in Strasbourg.
- The second largest bell of Saint Peter's Church, Fritzlar in Hesse is cast by Meister Goswin aus Fritzlar.
Births
- February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)[2]
- May – Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg, German landgravine (d. 1523)[3][4]
- May 22 – Marino Sanuto the Younger, Italian historian (d. 1536)
- June 18 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (d. 1539)
- July 5 – Giovanni Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1510)
- Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)
- September 9 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (d. 1523)
- October 28 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)[5]
- November 16 – Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Florentine philosopher (d. 1522)
- November 26 – Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (d. 1506)
- November 30 – Andrea Doria, Genoese condottiero and admiral (d. 1560)[6]
- Probable –
Deaths
- February 23 – Girishawardhana Dyah Suryawikrama, 9th Maharaja of Majapahit
- March 6 – Alvise Loredan, Venetian admiral and statesman (b. 1393)
- March 8 – Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)[8]
- August – Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate (b. 1397)
- October 30 – Johann Fust, German printer (b. c. 1400)
- December 13 – Donatello, Italian artist (b. 1386)[9]
- Date unknown
- Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman (b. 1444)
- Isotta Nogarola, Italian writer and intellectual (b. 1418)[10]
- Nicolaus Zacharie, Italian composer (b. c. 1400)
References
- ISBN 0-333-24827-9.
- ^ "Gregory XIV | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
- ISBN 90-218-2447-7.
- ^ Dek, A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. p. 70.
- ISBN 978-1-134-73594-5.
- ISBN 978-0-16-002055-1.
- ^ "Moctezuma II" (in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas. Retrieved June 1, 2019. |
- ^ "Francesco Sforza | duke of Milan [1401–1466]". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ "Donatello | Italian sculptor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
- ^ Tom Streissguth, The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of the Renaissance (Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008), pp. 229–30.