1466

Years: 1463 1464 1465 - 1466 - 1467 1468 1469

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

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

Events

• Chimú Empire conquered by troops of the Inca
• End of term for Regent of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. He is replaced by Erik Axelsson Tott.
• 19 October - The Thirteen Years' War ended with the Second Treaty of Toruń. Gdansk Pomerania and Prussia as a whole was incorporated into Poland; the Teutonic Knights were allowed to rule its eastern part as Polish vassals.

Births

• February 11 - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (died 1503)
• June 18 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (died 1539)
• September 9 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (died 1523)
• October 27 - Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)
• November 30 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (died 1560)
• Francesco II of Gonzaga, Marquis of Mantua (died 1519)
• Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (died 1520)
• Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (died 1515)

Deaths

• December 13 - Donatello, Italian artist (born 1386)
• Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (born 1415)
• Johann Fust, German printer
• Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1401)