1468 Totally Explained

Year 1468 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1468

August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia.
October 14 - The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.
The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV of England after a seven-year siege.
The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
Completion of Metz Cathedral.

Births

February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549)

March 29 - Charles I of Savoy (died 1490)

June 30 - John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532)

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Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (died 1548)
Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (1538)

Deaths

January 17 - Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (born 1403)

February 3 - Johannes Gutenberg, Inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (born 1398)

September 26 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)

October 7 - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (born 1417)

November 24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (born 1402)

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Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (born 1419)
Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist
Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1399)

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