1469

Year 1469 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1469

• July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor: The House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.
• October 19 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon marries Princess Isabella of Castile. This event will lead to a unified Spain in 1492.
• Sigismund of Austria sells Upper-Elsass (Alsace) to Charles the Bold in exchange for aid in a war against the Swiss.
• Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Sa'id.
• Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence.
• Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
• James III of Scotland acquires the Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark.

[edit] Births

• February 13 - Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (d. 1549)
• March 20 - Cecily of York, English princess (d. 1507)
• May 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
• May 31 - King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
• August 26 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
• October 20 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (d. 1539)
• date unknown
  • John III of Navarre (d. 1516)
  • Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (d. 1529)
• probable
  • Vasco da Gama, explorer (d. 1524)

[edit] Deaths

• May 30 - Lope de Barrientos, a powerful bishop in Castile (b. 1389)
• August 12 - Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (executed) (b. 1412)
• October 8 - Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)
• December 2 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
• date unknown
  • Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (b. 1424)
  • Lope de Barrientos, powerful Castilian cleric (b. 1382)
  • Niccolò Da Conti, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1395)
  • Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray
  • Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan