1469
1469
1611
<catset>Category="1469"</catset><right><p><table cellpadding=3 style="margin-left: 15px;"><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b>Years:</b></small><br><a href="1466">1466</a> <a href="1467">1467</a> <a href="1468">1468</a> - 1469 - <a href="1470">1470</a> <a href="1471">1471</a> <a href="1472">1472</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center colspan=2><small><b><a href="List of decades">Decades</a>:</b></small><br><a href="1430s">1430s</a> <a href="1440s">1440s</a> <a href="1450s">1450s</a> - <b><a href="1460s">1460s</a></b> - <a href="1470s">1470s</a> <a href="1480s">1480s</a> <a href="1490s">1490s</a></td></tr><tr><td align=center><small><b><a href="Centuries">Centuries</a>:</b></small><br><a href="14th century">14th century</a> - <b><a href="15th century">15th century</a></b> - <a href="16th century">16th century</a></td></tr></table><p></right> <h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Events</h2><ul> <li> <a href="July 26">July 26</a> - <a href="Battle of Edgecote Moor">Battle of Edgecote Moor</a> <li> <a href="October 17">October 17</a> - Prince <a href="Ferdinand II of Aragon">Ferdinand</a> of <a href="Aragon">Aragon</a> wed princess <a href="Isabella of Castile">Isabella</a> of <a href="Castile">Castile</a>. This event would lead to a unified <a href="Spain">Spain</a> in <a href="1516">1516</a>. <li> <a href="Sigismund of Austria">Sigismund of Austria</a> sells upper-Elsass (<a href="Alsace">Alsace</a>) to the <a href="Charles I, Duke of Burgundy">Charles the Bold</a> in exchange of aid in a war against the <a href="Switzerland">Swiss</a> <li> <a href="Uzun Hassan">Uzun Hassan</a> wins in <a href="Iran">Persia</a> and defeats <a href="Abu Sa'id">Abu Said</a> <li> <a href="Lorenzo de' Medici">Lorenzo de' Medici</a> takes power in <a href="Florence">Florence</a> <li> <a href="Moctezuma I">Moctezuma I</a>, <a href="Aztec">Aztec</a> ruler of <a href="Tenochtitlan">Tenochtitlan</a> dies and is succeeded by <a href="Axayacatl">Axayacatl</a>. <li> James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Births</h2><ul> <li> <a href="May 3">May 3</a> - <a href="Niccolò Machiavelli">Niccolò Machiavelli</a>, Italian historian and political author (died <a href="1527">1527</a>) <li> <a href="May 31">May 31</a> - King <a href="Manuel I of Portugal">Manuel I of Portugal</a> (died <a href="1521">1521</a>) <li> <a href="August 26">August 26</a> - King <a href="Ferdinand II of Naples">Ferdinand II of Naples</a> (died <a href="1496">1496</a>) <li> <a href="October 20">October 20</a> - <a href="Guru Nanak Dev">Guru Nanak Dev</a>, founder of Sikhism <li> <a href="John III of Navarre">John III of Navarre</a> (died <a href="1516">1516</a>) <li> <a href="Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg">Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg</a>, German statesman and archbishop of Salzburg (died <a href="1540">1540</a>) <li> <a href="Elia Levita">Elia Levita</a>, Yiddish writer (died <a href="1549">1549</a>) <li> <a href="Silvio Passerini">Silvio Passerini</a>, Italian politician (died <a href="1529">1529</a>) </ul><h2 style="margin: 0; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaaaaa; font-size: 150%;">Deaths</h2><ul> <li><a href="December 2">December 2</a> - <a href="Piero di Cosimo de' Medici">Piero di Cosimo de' Medici</a>, ruler of Florence (born <a href="1416">1416</a>) <li> <a href="Niccolò Da Conti">Niccolò Da Conti</a>, Italian merchant and explorer (born <a href="1395">1395</a>) <li> <a href="Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray">Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray</a> <li> <a href="Moctezuma I">Moctezuma I</a>, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan <li> <a href="Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers">Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers</a> <li> <a href="Abu Sa'id (Timurid dynasty)">Abu Sa'id</a>, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (born <a href="1424">1424</a>) </ul>