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| Years: 1466 1467 1468 - 1469 - 1470 1471 1472 | |
| Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
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Events
- July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor
- October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
- Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange of aid in a war against the Swiss
- Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said
- Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
- James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark
Births
- May 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (died 1527)
- May 31 - King Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521)
- August 26 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)
- October 20 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism
- John III of Navarre (died 1516)
- Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (died 1540)
- Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (died 1549)
- Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (died 1529)
- Vasco da Gama,Explorer (died 1524)
Deaths
- December 2 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (born 1416)
- May 30 - Lope de Barrientos —a powerful bishop in Castile
- Niccolò Da Conti, Italian merchant and explorer (born 1395)
- Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
- Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers
- Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (born 1424)
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