1469
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This article is about the year 1469.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s – 1460s – 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1466 1467 1468 – 1469 – 1470 1471 1472 |
| 1469 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Art and literature |
| 1469 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1469 MCDLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2222 |
| Armenian calendar | 918 ԹՎ ՋԺԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6219 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -375–-374 |
| Bengali calendar | 876 |
| Berber calendar | 2419 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Edw. 4 – 9 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2013 |
| Burmese calendar | 831 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6977–6978 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年十二月十八日 (4105/4165-12-18) — to —
己丑年十一月廿八日(4106/4166-11-28) |
| Coptic calendar | 1185–1186 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1461–1462 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5229–5230 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1525–1526 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1391–1392 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4570–4571 |
| Holocene calendar | 11469 |
| Iranian calendar | 847–848 |
| Islamic calendar | 873–874 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōnin 3Bunmei 1 (文明元年) |
| Julian calendar | 1469 MCDLXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3802 |
| Minguo calendar | 443 before ROC 民前443年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2012 |
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Year 1469 (MCDLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events
[edit] January–December
- March 20 – The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last fought between the private armies of feudal magnates.
- July 26 – Battle of Edgecote Moor: The House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.
- October 19 – Infante Ferdinand of Aragon marries Infanta Isabella of Castile. This event will lead to a unified Spain in 1492.
[edit] Date unknown
- Sigismund of Austria sells Upper-Elsass (Alsace) to Charles the Bold in exchange for aid in a war against the Swiss.
- Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Sa'id.
- Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence.
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
- James III of Scotland acquires the Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark.
- Marsilio Ficino completes his translation of the collected works of Plato.
- Marsilio Ficino writes "Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love".
- Marsilio Ficino starts to work on "Platonic Theology".
[edit] Births
- February 13 – Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (d. 1549)
- March 20 – Cecily of York, English princess (d. 1507)
- May 3 – Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
- May 31 – King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
- April 15 – Guru Nanak Dev Ji (d. 1539)
- June 20 – Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1494)
- August 26 – King Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
- October 20 – Guru Nanak Dev Ji, founder of Sikhism (d. 1539)
- date unknown
- John III of Navarre (d. 1516)
- Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (d. 1529)
- probable – Vasco da Gama, explorer (d. 1524)
[edit] Deaths
- May 30 – Lope de Barrientos, a powerful bishop in Castile (b. 1389)
- August 12 – Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (executed) (b. 1412)
- October 8 – Filippo Lippi, artist (b. 1406)
- December 2 – Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
- date unknown
- Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (b. 1424)
- Lope de Barrientos, powerful Castilian cleric (b. 1382)
- Niccolò Da Conti, Italian merchant and explorer (b. 1395)
- Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
