1468
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| Gregorian calendar | 1468 MCDLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2221 |
| Armenian calendar | 917 ԹՎ ՋԺԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6218 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1389–1390 |
| Bengali calendar | 875 |
| Berber calendar | 2418 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Edw. 4 – 8 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2012 |
| Burmese calendar | 830 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6976–6977 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4165 or 3958 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4166 or 3959 |
| Coptic calendar | 1184–1185 |
| Discordian calendar | 2634 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1460–1461 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5228–5229 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1524–1525 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1389–1390 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4568–4569 |
| Holocene calendar | 11468 |
| Igbo calendar | 468–469 |
| Iranian calendar | 846–847 |
| Islamic calendar | 872–873 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōnin 2 (応仁２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1384–1385 |
| Julian calendar | 1468 MCDLXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3801 |
| Minguo calendar | 444 before ROC 民前444年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 0 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2010–2011 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) 1594 or 1213 or 441 — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1595 or 1214 or 442 |
Year 1468 (MCDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- August 26: Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- October 14: The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.
- December 3: Lorenzo de' Medici and his brother Giuliano de' Medici succeed their father, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici.
Date unknown
- The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV of England after a seven-year siege.
- The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
- Orkney is pledged by Christian I, in his capacity as King of Norway, as security against the payment of the dowry of his daughter Margaret, betrothed to James III of Scotland. As the money is never paid, the connection with the crown of Scotland becomes perpetual.
- Metz Cathedral is completed.
- At about this date, Sonni Ali, king of the Songhai Empire, takes power over Timbuktu.
Births
- February 29: Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
- March 29: Charles I of Savoy (d. 1490)
- June 30: John, Elector of Saxony (d. 1532)
- date unknown
- Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548)
- Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538)
Deaths
- January 17: Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (b. 1403)
- February 3: Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. 1398)
- September 26: Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
- October 7: Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
- November 24: Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
- date unknown
- Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (b. 1419)
- Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist
- Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
- Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
- Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399)