1466
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Years: |
| Gregorian calendar | 1466 MCDLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2219 |
| Armenian calendar | 915 ԹՎ ՋԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6216 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1387–1388 |
| Bengali calendar | 873 |
| Berber calendar | 2416 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Edw. 4 – 6 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2010 |
| Burmese calendar | 828 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6974–6975 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4163 or 3956 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4164 or 3957 |
| Coptic calendar | 1182–1183 |
| Discordian calendar | 2632 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1458–1459 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5226–5227 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1522–1523 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1387–1388 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4566–4567 |
| Holocene calendar | 11466 |
| Igbo calendar | 466–467 |
| Iranian calendar | 844–845 |
| Islamic calendar | 870–871 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanshō 7 / Bunshō 1 (文正元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1382–1383 |
| Julian calendar | 1466 MCDLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3799 |
| Minguo calendar | 446 before ROC 民前446年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2008–2009 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1592 or 1211 or 439 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1593 or 1212 or 440 |
Year 1466 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1466
- August 26 - A conjure against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is discovered in Florence.
- October 19 - The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
- The Chimú Empire is conquered by troops of the Inca.
- Erik Axelsson Tott replaces Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna as Regent of Sweden.
- The first printed German language Bible is produced.
Births
- February 11 - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
- June 18 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (d. 1539)
- August 10 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)
- September 9 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
- October 27 - Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
- November 30 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
- probable
- Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d. 1520)
- Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515)
Deaths
- March 8 - Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)
- October 30 - Johann Fust, German printer (b. c. 1400)
- December 13 - Donatello, Italian artist (b. 1386)
- date unknown
- Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (b. 1415)
- Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate
- Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman
- Nicolaus Zacharie, composer