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Year1466(MCDLXVI) was acommon year starting on Wednesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]- TheKingdom of Georgiacollapses into anarchy, and fragments into rival states ofKartli,Kakheti,Imereti,Samtskhe-Saatabagoand a number of principalities; this breakup is finalised in1490,whenConstantine II of Georgiahas to recognize his rival monarchies.
- The Mentelin Bible, the firstprintedGerman languageBible,is produced.
- Louis XI of FranceintroducessilkweavingtoLyon.[1]
- The first known shop specialising ineyeglassesopens inStrasbourg.
- The second largest bell ofSaint Peter's Church, Fritzlarin Hesse is cast by Meister Goswin aus Fritzlar.
Births
[edit]- February 11–Elizabeth of York,queen ofHenry VII of England(d.1503)[2]
- May –Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg,German landgravine (d.1523)[3][4]
- May 22–Marino Sanuto the Younger,Italian historian (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 shōgun (d.1523)
- October 28–Erasmus,Dutch philosopher (d.1536)[5]
- November 16–Francesco Cattani da Diacceto,Florentine philosopher (d.1522)
- November 26–Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings,English noble (d.1506)
- November 30–Andrea Doria,Genoesecondottieroand admiral (d.1560)[6]
- Probable–Moctezuma II,AztecTlatoani(ruler) ofTenochtitlán(modern Mexico City), 1502–1520, son ofAxayacatl(d.1520)[7]
Deaths
[edit]- February 23– Girishawardhana Dyah Suryawikrama, 9th Maharaja ofMajapahit
- March 6–Alvise Loredan,Venetian admiral and statesman (b.1393)
- March 8–Francesco I Sforza,Duke of Milan (b.1401)[8]
- August–Hacı I Giray,first ruler of the Crimean Khanate (b.1397)
- October 30–Johann Fust,German printer (b. c.1400)
- December 13–Donatello,Italian artist (b.1386)[9]
- Date unknown
- Barbara Manfredi,Italian noblewoman (b.1444)
- Isotta Nogarola,Italian writer and intellectual (b.1418)[10]
- Nicolaus Zacharie,Italian composer (b. c. 1400)
References
[edit]- ^Burke, James(1978).Connections.London: Macmillan.ISBN0-333-24827-9.
- ^"Gregory XIV | pope".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedFebruary 11,2020.
- ^Schutte, O. (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In Tamse, C.A. (ed.).Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis(in Dutch).Alphen aan den Rijn:A.W. Sijthoff. p. 42.ISBN90-218-2447-7.
- ^Dek, A.W.E. (1970).Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau(in Dutch).Zaltbommel:Europese Bibliotheek. p. 70.
- ^Joy Palmer; Liora Bresler; David Cooper (September 11, 2002).Fifty Major Thinkers on Education: From Confucius to Dewey.Routledge. p. 36.ISBN978-1-134-73594-5.
- ^Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. 1991. p. 291.ISBN978-0-16-002055-1.
- ^"Moctezuma II"(in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas.RetrievedJune 1,2019. |
- ^"Francesco Sforza | duke of Milan [1401–1466]".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedJuly 22,2018.
- ^"Donatello | Italian sculptor".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedJuly 22,2018.
- ^Tom Streissguth,The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of the Renaissance(Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008), pp. 229–30.