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| Years: 1466 1467 1468 - 1469 - 1470 1471 1472 | |
| Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor
- October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
- Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange of aid in a war against the Swiss
- Uzun Hassa wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said
- Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
- James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark
Births
- May 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
- May 30 - King Manuel I of Portugal
- Guru Nanak the founder of Sikhism
Deaths
- Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
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