1460s — in history
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1460
Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (d. 1536)
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1460
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield.
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1460
Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (b. 1401)
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1460
Basel University is founded.
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1460
Enno I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1491)
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1460
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, defeats the king's Lancastrian forces and takes King Henry VI prisoner in the Battle of Northampton.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick · House of Lancaster · Henry VI of England
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1460
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English commander and politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1402)
Lord High Constable of England
Humphrey Stafford, 1st Duke of Buckingham · Lord High Constable of England
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1460
James II of Scotland (b. 1430)
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1460
John Talbot, 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury (b. c. 1413)
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1460
Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Irish politician, Lord Chancellor of Ireland (b. 1443)
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1460
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Edward, Earl of March, land in England with a rebel army and march on London.
Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick · Edward IV of England
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1460
Gilles Binchois, Flemish composer (b. 1400)
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1460
Louis II de la Trémoille, French military leader (d. 1525)
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1460
Guarino da Verona, Italian scholar and translator (b. 1370)
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1460
Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (b. 1411)
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1460
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury, English politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1400)
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1460
Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese patron of exploration (b. 1394)
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1461
Domenico Grimani, Italian cardinal (d. 1523)
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1461
Louise of Savoy, French nun (d. 1503)
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1461
Jacopo Salviati, Italian politician(d. 1553)
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1461
Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
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1461
Alexander Jagiellon, Polish king (d. 1506)
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1461
Christina of Saxony, Queen consort of Denmark (d. 1521)
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1461
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
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1461
Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Mortimer's Cross is fought in Herefordshire, England.
Wars of the Roses · Battle of Mortimer's Cross · Herefordshire
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1461
Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
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1461
Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal (d. 1521)
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1461
Charles VII of France (b. 1403)
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1461
The Ming dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor.
Ming dynasty · Military history of China before 1911 · Rebellion of Cao Qin
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1461
Wars of the Roses in England: Lancastrian King Henry VI is deposed by his House of York cousin, who then becomes King Edward IV.
Wars of the Roses · House of Lancaster · Henry VI of England
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1461
John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1415)
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1461
Stephen Thomas of Bosnia (b. 1412)
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1461
Charles, Prince of Viana, King of Navarre (b. 1421)
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1461
David of Trebizond (b. 1408)
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1461
John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (b. 1435)
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1461
Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter (b. c. 1410)
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1461
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390)
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1461
Georg von Peuerbach, German mathematician and astronomer (b. 1423)
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1461
The Empire of Trebizond surrenders to the forces of Sultan Mehmed II. This is regarded by some historians as the real end of the Byzantine Empire. Emperor David is exiled and later murdered.
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1462
Walraven II van Brederode, Dutch noble (d. 1531)
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1462
Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)
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1462
Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (d. 1504)
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1462
Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
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1462
Piero di Cosimo, Italian painter (d. 1522)
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1462
Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, German noble (d. 1528)
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1462
Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
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1462
The Treaty of Westminster is finalised between Edward IV of England and the Scottish Lord of the Isles.
Treaty of Westminster (1462) · Edward IV of England · Lord of the Isles
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1462
Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)
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1462
Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (d. 1525)
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1462
Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)
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1462
Johannes Trithemius, German lexicographer, historian, and cryptographer (d. 1516)
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1462
Louis XII, king of France (d. 1515)
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1462
A Polish army under Piotr Dunin decisively defeats the Teutonic Order at the Battle of Świecino.
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1462
John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford, English politician (b. 1408)
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1462
Isidore II of Constantinople, patriarch of Constantinople
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1462
Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)
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1462
Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
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1462
Vasily II of Moscow (b. 1415)
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1463
Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician and philosopher (d. 1512)
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1463
Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1514)
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1463
Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)
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1463
Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1525)
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1463
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Florentine patron of the arts (d. 1503)
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1463
Antoine Duprat, French cardinal (d. 1535)
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1463
Andrea della Valle, Italian cardinal (d. 1534)
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1463
Isidore of Kiev (b. 1385)
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1463
William Neville, 1st Earl of Kent, English soldier (b. 1405)
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1463
Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418)
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1463
Louis I, Count of Löwenstein, founder of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim (d. 1523)
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1463
Catherine of Portugal, Infanta and religious writer (b. 1436)
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1463
Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples (b. 1393)
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1463
Marie of Anjou, queen of France, spouse of Charles VII of France (b. 1404)
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1463
Flavio Biondo, Italian historian and author (b. 1392)
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1464
Clara Gonzaga, Italian noble (d. 1503)
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1464
Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan (d. 1526)
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1464
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (d. 1512)
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1464
Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (d. 1515)
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1464
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (d. 1505)
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1464
Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (d. 1521)
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1464
Ernst II of Saxony, Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476-1513) (d. 1513)
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1464
Blessed Margaret of Savoy (b. 1390)
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1464
Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1400)
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1464
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (b. 1406)
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1464
Emperor Yingzong of Ming (b. 1427)
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1464
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (b. 1427)
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1464
Pope Pius II (b. 1405)
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1464
Thomas Ebendorfer, Austrian historian and academic (b. 1385)
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1464
Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1412)