1462

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s
Years:	1459 1460 1461 - 1462 - 1463 1464 1465

1462 in topic:
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments
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Year 1462 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1462

Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.
March 28 - Vasili II of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
June 17 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack, forcing Mehmed to retreat from Wallachia.
September 17 - Thirteen Years' War - Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.
The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
Battle of Paarlo, The Netherlands

January 2 - Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1521)
February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (d. 1516)
June 27 - Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
date unknown
- Joanna La Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
- Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (d. 1535)
probable - Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (d. 1510)

February 26 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)
March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
date unknown
- Esen Buqa II, King of Moghulistan
- Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos
- Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)