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1468 in poetry |
| 444 before ROC 民前444年 | |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 0 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2010–2011 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1594 or 1213 or 441 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1595 or 1214 or 442 |
Year 1468 (MCDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
January–December
- June 30 – Catherine Cornaro is married by proxy to James II of Cyprus, beginning the Venetian conquest of Cyprus.
- Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob, as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- Louis XI of France.[1]
- October 30 – Troops of Charles the Bold conduct the Sack of Liège.
Date unknown
- The Edward IV of Englandafter a seven-year siege.
- The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
- King of Norway, as security against the payment of the dowry of his daughter Margaret, betrothed to James III of Scotland. As the money is never paid, the connection with the crown of Scotland becomes perpetual.
- Fire breaks out at Metz Cathedral in France.
- Sonni Ali, king of the Songhai Empire, takes power over Timbuktu.
Births
- February 29 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)[2]
- March 28 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)
- April 27 – Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (d. 1503)
- May 31 – Philip, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1500)
- June 30 – John, Elector of Saxony (1525–1532) (d. 1532)[3]
- July 24 – Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1524)
- August 3 – Albert I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko (d. 1511)
- August 26 – Bernardo de' Rossi, Italian bishop (d. 1527)
- December 21 – William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, English baron (d. 1524)
- date unknown
- Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538)
- Mir Chakar Khan Rind, Baloch chieftain (d. 1565)
- Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548)
- probable – Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515)
Deaths
- February 3 – Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. c.1398)[4]
- March 12 – Astorre II Manfredi, Italian noble (b. 1412)
- September 23 – Sejo of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1417)
- June 10 – Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (b. 1392)[5]
- June 14 – Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
- June 30 – Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
- July 5 – Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (b. 1453)
- October 7 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
- October 28 – Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (b. 1425)
- November 24 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
- December 6 – Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (b. 1412)
- date unknown
- Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (b. 1419)[7]
- Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist (b. ca. 1395)
- Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399)
- Pomellina Fregoso, Monegaque regent (b. 1388
References
- ^ Philippe de Commynes (1892). The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI, and Charles VIII. Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. G. Bell and Sons. p. 130.
- ^ "Paul III | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
- ^ "John | elector of Saxony". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-471-29198-5.
- ISSN 1873-9830.
- ISBN 978-0-87169-127-9.
- ^ Mediaevalia. Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton. 2000. p. 68.