1466

This article is about the year 1466. 2 Births

Year 1466 (MCDLXVI) was a common year starting
on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
1 Events
1.1 JanuaryDecember
June Second Siege of Kruj: Mehmed II leads an
army of 150,000 in an attempt to quash the Albanian
resistance by taking Kruj. The Albanians repulse
him and the Ottoman army retreats from Albania.
August 26 A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo
de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is
discovered and put down in Florence.
October 18 Erik Axelsson Tott replaces Jns
Bengtsson Oxenstierna as Regent of Sweden.
October 19 The Thirteen Years War ends with the
Second Peace of Thorn.
1.2 Date unknown
The Chim Empire is conquered by troops of the
Inca.
February 11 Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry
VII of England (d. 1503)
May 22 Marino Sanuto the Younger, Italian histo-
rian (d. 1536)
June 18 Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer
(d. 1539)
July 5 Giovanni Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1510)
August 10 Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of
Mantua (d. 1519)
September 9 Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese
shogun (d. 1523)
October 28 Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
November 16 Francesco Cattani da Diacceto,
philosopher (d. 1522)
November 26 Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hast-
ings, English noble (d. 1506)
November 30 Andrea Doria, Genoese condottiero
and admiral (d. 1560)
probable
Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitln (d.
1520)
Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and
explorer (d. 1515 )

The Mentelin Bible, the rst printed German lan- 3 Deaths

guage Bible, is produced.
February 23 Girishawardhana Dyah
Louis XI of France introduces silk weaving to Suryawikrama - 9th Maharaja of Majapahit
Lyon.[1]
March 8 Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b.
Collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia into anarchy 1401)
and its subsequent fragmentation into rival states of
Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Samtskhe-Saatabago and a August Hac I Giray, rst ruler of the Crimean
number of principalities, which is nalised in 1490 Khanate
when Constantine II of Georgia has to recognize his October 30 Johann Fust, German printer (b. c.
rival monarchies. 1400)
December 13 Donatello, Italian artist (b. 1386)
The 2nd largest bell of St. Peters Church in Fritzlar
was founded by Meister Goswin aus Fritzlar. date unknown

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2 4 REFERENCES

Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian

(b. 1415)
Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman
Isotta Nogarola, Italian writer and intellectual
(b. 1418)
Nicolaus Zacharie, composer

4 References
[1] Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan.
ISBN 0-333-24827-9.
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