Year 1469 (
MCDLXIX) was a
common year starting on Sunday
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of the
Julian calendar
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.
Events
January–December
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
–
Battle of Qarabagh:
Uzun Hasan decisively defeats the
Timurids of
Abu Sa'id Mirza.
*
July 24 –
Battle of Edgcote: Yorkists are defeated and, in the aftermath, King
Edward IV of England is taken prisoner.
*
August–
October
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–
Caister Castle in England is besieged by
John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk.
*
October 19 –
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II, also known as Ferdinand I, Ferdinand III, and Ferdinand V (10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), called Ferdinand the Catholic, was King of Aragon from 1479 until his death in 1516. As the husband and co-ruler of Queen Isabella I of ...
marries
Isabella I of Castile in
Valladolid
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, bringing about a
dynastic union.
Date unknown
*
Sigismund of Austria sells Upper-Elsass (
Alsace
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) to
Charles the Bold, in exchange for aid in a war against the
Swiss
Swiss most commonly refers to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Swiss may also refer to: Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
* Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
* Swiss Café, an old café located ...
.
*
Moctezuma I,
Aztec
The Aztecs ( ) were a Mesoamerican civilization that flourished in central Mexico in the Post-Classic stage, post-classic period from 1300 to 1521. The Aztec people included different Indigenous peoples of Mexico, ethnic groups of central ...
ruler of
Tenochtitlan
, also known as Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was a large Mexican in what is now the historic center of Mexico City. The exact date of the founding of the city is unclear, but the date 13 March 1325 was chosen in 1925 to celebrate the 600th annivers ...
, dies and is succeeded by
Axayacatl
Axayacatl (; ; ; meaning "face of water"; –1481) was the sixth of the of Tenochtitlan and Emperor of the Aztec Triple Alliance.
Biography
Early life and background
Axayacatl was a son of the princess Atotoztli II and her cousin, prince ...
.
*
Anglo-Hanseatic War breaks out.
*
Marsilio Ficino completes his translation of the collected works of
Plato
Plato ( ; Greek language, Greek: , ; born BC, died 348/347 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher of the Classical Greece, Classical period who is considered a foundational thinker in Western philosophy and an innovator of the writte ...
, writes ''Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love'', and starts to work on ''Platonic Theology''.
Births
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I and Pope Pope John XII, John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1258 – Siege of Baghdad (1258), Siege of Baghdad: Hulegu Kh ...
–
Elia Levita, Renaissance Hebrew grammarian (d.
1549)
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawn (law), pawned by Norway to S ...
–
Thomas Cajetan, Italian philosopher (d.
1534)
*
March 20
Events Pre-1600
*1206 – Michael IV of Constantinople, Michael IV Autoreianos is appointed Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
*1600 – The Linköping Bloodbath takes place on Maundy Thursday in Linköping, Sweden: five Swedish n ...
–
Cecily of York, English princess (d.
1507)
*
November 29
Events Pre-1600
* 528 – Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.
* 561 – Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert ...
–
Guru Nanak
Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation: , ), also known as ('Father Nanak'), was an Indian spiritual teacher, mystic and poet, who is regarded as the founder of Sikhism and is t ...
, Sikh guru (d.
1539
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Year 1539 ( MDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–March
* January 4 – Giannandrea Giustiniani Longo is elected two a two year term as Doge of the Republic of Genoa ...
)
*
April 29 –
William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d.
1509)
*
May 3 –
Niccolò Machiavelli
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (3 May 1469 – 21 June 1527) was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treatise '' The Prince'' (), writte ...
, Italian historian and political author (d.
1527)
*
May 31 – King
Manuel I of Portugal (d.
1521)
*
June 20
Events Pre-1600
* 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
* 1180 – First Battle of Uji, startin ...
–
Gian Galeazzo Sforza,
Duke of Milan (d.
1494)
*
August 4
Events Pre-1600
* 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...
–
Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d.
1528)
*
August 26 – King
Ferdinand II of Naples (d.
1496)
* ''date unknown''
**
John III of Navarre (d.
1516)
**
Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (d.
1529)
**
Laura Cereta, Italian humanist and feminist (d.
1499)
* ''probable'' –
Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer (d.
1524)
Deaths
*
May 30 –
Lope de Barrientos, powerful
Castilian bishop
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and statesman (b.
1382)
*
August 12 –
Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (executed) (b.
1405)
*
September 25 –
Margaret of Brittany, Breton duchess consort (b.
1443)
*
October 8
Events Pre-1600
* 316 – Constantine I Battle of Cibalae, defeats Roman Emperor Licinius, who loses his European territories.
* 451 – The first session of the Council of Chalcedon begins.
* 876 – Frankish forces led by Louis ...
/
10 –
Filippo Lippi, Italian artist (b.
1406)
*
December 2 –
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b.
1416)
*
December 31 – King
Yejong of Joseon (b.
1450)
* ''date unknown''
**
Abu Sa'id Mirza, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (b.
1424)
**
Niccolò Da Conti, Italian merchant and explorer (b.
1395)
**
Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray
Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray (c. 1390–1469) was a Scotland, Scottish nobleman, politician and diplomat. He was succeeded in the title by his grandson.
Biography
He was the eldest son of Sir Andrew Gray (d. 1445) of Fowlis, Dundee. He was a natu ...
(b. c.
1390)
**
Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, son of
Huitzilihuitl (b.
1390)
References
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