1469
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1466 1467 1468 - 1469 - 1470 1471 1472 |
| 1469 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1469 MCDLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2222 |
| Armenian calendar | 918 ԹՎ ՋԺԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -375 – -374 |
| Berber calendar | 2419 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2013 |
| Burmese calendar | 831 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6977 – 6978 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年十二月十八日 (4105/4165-12-18) — to —
己丑年十一月廿八日(4106/4166-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 1185 – 1186 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1461 – 1462 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5229 – 5230 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1524 – 1525 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1391 – 1392 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4570 – 4571 |
| Holocene calendar | 11469 |
| Iranian calendar | 847 – 848 |
| Islamic calendar | 873 – 874 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōnin 3Bunmei 1 (文明元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3802 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2012 |
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
