1462
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| 1462 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1462 MCDLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2215 |
| Armenian calendar | 911 ԹՎ ՋԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6212 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1383–1384 |
| Bengali calendar | 869 |
| Berber calendar | 2412 |
| English Regnal year | 1Edw. 4– 2Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2006 |
| Burmese calendar | 824 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6970–6971 |
| Chinese calendar | Tân tịNiên (MetalSnake) 4159 or 3952 — to — Nhâm ngọ niên (WaterHorse) 4160 or 3953 |
| Coptic calendar | 1178–1179 |
| Discordian calendar | 2628 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1454–1455 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5222–5223 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1518–1519 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 1383–1384 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4562–4563 |
| Holocene calendar | 11462 |
| Igbo calendar | 462–463 |
| Iranian calendar | 840–841 |
| Islamic calendar | 866–867 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanshō3 ( khoan chính ３ niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 1378–1379 |
| Julian calendar | 1462 MCDLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3795 |
| Minguo calendar | 450 beforeROC Dân tiền 450 niên |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −6 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2004–2005 |
| Tibetan calendar | Âm kim xà niên (female Iron-Snake) 1588 or 1207 or 435 — to — Dương thủy mã niên (male Water-Horse) 1589 or 1208 or 436 |
Year1462(MCDLXII) was acommon year starting on Friday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- March 27–Ivan III of Russiabecomes the ruler of Russia, following the death of his father,Vasili.[1]
- June 17–The Night Attack:Vlad III Draculaattempts to assassinateMehmed II,forcing him to retreat fromWallachia.
- June 30–Battle of Seckenheim:Frederick I, Elector Palatineis victorious over four other opponents.[2]
- July 22– The first siege ofChiliabyStephen the Greatfails, and he is seriously wounded.
- September 17–Thirteen Years' War–Battle of Świecino(Battle of Żarnowiec): TheKingdom of Polanddefeats theTeutonic Order.[3]
- September–Siege of Mytilene:Mehmed II captures the town ofMytilene,thus conquering the island ofLesbos.
- December– AfterRadu III the Fairtakes over the throne inWallachia,Vlad III Draculaseeks help in Transylvannia, where he is captured byMathias Corvinus,and imprisoned for the next 12 years, over false charges of treason.
Date unknown
[edit]- TheJewsare expelled fromMainz,Germany.
- Portugalbegins to settle theCape VerdeIslands, with slaves from the coast ofGuinea.
- War of the Roses–Battle of Piltown:The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians, in theLordship of Ireland.
Births
[edit]- January 2–Piero di Cosimo,Italian artist (d.1522)[4]
- January 8–Walraven II van Brederode,Dutch noble (d.1531)
- February 1–Johannes Trithemius,German scholar and cryptographer (d.1516)
- February 21–Joanna la Beltraneja,princess of Castile (d.1530)
- May 19–Baccio D'Agnolo,Italianwoodcarver,sculptorandarchitect(d.1543)
- May 31–Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg(1489–1503) (d.1504)
- June 27–Louis XII of France,King of France (1498–1515), King of Naples (1501–1504) (d.1515)[5]
- July 21–Queen Jeonghyeon,Korean royal consort (d.1530)
- September 8–Henry Medwall,first known English vernacular dramatist (d.1501)[6]
- September 16–Pietro Pomponazzi,Italian philosopher (d.1525)
- September 26–Engelbert, Count of Nevers,younger son of John I (d.1506)
- November 26–Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrückenand Count of Veldenz (1489–1514) (d.1514)
- date unknown
- Jodocus Badius,Flemish printer (d.1535)
- probable–Edmund Dudley,minister of Henry VII of England (d.1510)
Deaths
[edit]- February 23–Thomas Tuddenham,English landowner (b.1401)
- February 26–John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford(b.1408)[7]
- February 27–Władysław II of Płock,Polish noble (b.1448)
- March 27–Vasily II of Moscow,Grand Prince of Moscow (b.1415)
- March 31–Isidore II of Constantinople,Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- April 26–William Percy,medieval Bishop of Carlisle (b.1428)
- April 28–Oldřich II of Rosenberg,Bohemian nobleman (b.1403)
- August 26–Catherine Zaccaria,Despotess of the Morea
- September 17–Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse,German royalty (b.1420)
- November 11–Anne of Cyprus,Italian noble (b.1418)
- November 13–Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia,consort of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (b.1432)
- November 25–John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton,English baron (b.1400)
- date unknown
- KingEsen Buqa IIof Moghulistan
- Niccolò Gattilusio,last Prince of Lesbos
- Dài Jìn,Chinese painter (b.1388)
References
[edit]- ^John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1882).The Empire of Russia: Its Rise and Present Power.Dodd, Mead. p. 167.
- ^Hans Delbrück (1975).History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History: The Germans.Greenwood Press. p. 595.ISBN978-0-8371-8163-9.
- ^Beata Możejko (September 16, 2019).Peter von Danzig: The Story of a Great Caravel, 1462-1475.BRILL. p. 55.ISBN978-90-04-40844-9.
- ^Dennis Geronimus (January 1, 2006).Piero Di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange.Yale University Press. p. 12.ISBN0-300-10911-3.
- ^Philippe de Commynes (1856).The Memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton.Henry G. Bohn. p. 97.
- ^Nelson, Alan H. (2004)."Medwall, Henry (b. 1462, d. after 1501)".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography(online ed.). Oxford University Press.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18504.RetrievedJuly 27,2015.(Subscription orUK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc (1997).The New Encyclopaedia Britannica.Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 29.ISBN978-0-85229-633-2.