1462

Years: 1459 1460 1461 - 1462 - 1463 1464 1465

Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.
• March 28 - Death of Vasili II of Russia. Succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
• September 17 - Battle of Świecino, called also Battle of Żarnowiec, during Thirteen Years' War
• Winter - Vlad III Dracula, reigning Prince of Wallachia is deposed by the forces of Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire and replaced by his younger brother Radu the Handsome.

Births

• February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (died 1516)
• June 27 - Louis XII of France (died 1515)
• Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (died 1535)
• Joan, princess of Castile (died 1530)
• Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (died 1510)
• Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (died 1521)

Deaths

• March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
• Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos