Explore 36 historical events from 1460–1469.
Raffaele Sansoni Galeoti Riario was an Italian cardinal of the Renaissance, mainly known as the constructor of the Palazzo della Cancelleria and the person who invited Michelangelo…
Raffaele Riario, Italian cardinal (died 1521)
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treat…
Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (died 1527)
Robert Fayrfax was an English Renaissance composer, considered the most prominent and influential of the reigns of Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII of England. He represents the thir…
Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (died 1521)
Joan of France, sometimes called Joan the Lame, was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of…
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1505)
The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. It fought with the House of Lancaster, another cadet branch of the House of Plantagenet, for the Eng…
A Yorkist army under the Baron Montagu defeats a Lancastrian army under the Duke of Somerset in the battle of Hedgeley M
William II was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500. This immediately sparke…
William II, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509)
Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death. Skanderbeg is considered to be a major figur…
Albanian commander Skanderbeg entered Krujë, breaking a 10-month siege by Ottoman forces
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts…
Ottoman wars in Europe: Albanian leader Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman army under Ballaban Badera to raise the siege of
Frederick Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Archbishop of Gniezno, Bishop of Kraków, and Primate of Poland. He was the sixth son …
Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (died 1503)
Sophia Jagiellon was a princess of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, great-granddaughter of Emperor Sigismund and by ma…
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (died 1512)
William II was Landgrave of Lower Hesse from 1493 and Landgrave of Upper Hesse after the death of his cousin, William III, Landgrave of Upper Hesse in 1500. This immediately sparke…
William II, Landgrave of Hesse (died 1509)
Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli was a Florentine diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian who lived during the Italian Renaissance. He is best known for his political treat…
Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and philosopher (died 1527)
Gian Galeazzo Sforza, also known as Giovan Galeazzo Sforza, was the sixth Duke of Milan. He was the father of Bona Maria Sforza, who later became Queen of Poland. He died in 1494 a…
Gian Galeazzo Sforza, duke of Milan (died 1494)
Lope de Barrientos (1382–1469), sometimes called Obispo Barrientos, was a powerful clergyman and statesman of the Crown of Castile during the 15th century, although his prominence …
Lope de Barrientos, Castilian bishop (born 1389)
Manuel I, known as the Fortunate, was King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521. A member of the House of Aviz, Manuel was Duke of Beja and Viseu prior to succeeding his cousin, John II o…
Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521)
Frederick Jagiellon was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Archbishop of Gniezno, Bishop of Kraków, and Primate of Poland. He was the sixth son …
Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (died 1503)
Idris Imad al-Din ibn al-Hasan al-Qurashi was the 19th Da'i al-Mutlaq of Tayyibi Isma'ilis from 1428 to 1468. A major religious and political leader in 15th-century Yemen, as well …
Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (born 1392)
Jean le Fèvre de Saint-Remy or Jean Lefebvre de Saint-Remy born in Abbeville, was a Burgundian chronicler during the Hundred Years' War and lord (seigneur) of Saint Remy, la Vacque…
Jean Le Fèvre de Saint-Remy, Burgundian historian and author (born 1395)
Bessarion was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the revival of letters in the 15th centur…
Cardinal Bessarion (pictured) announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming t
Bessarion was a Byzantine Greek Renaissance humanist, theologian, Catholic cardinal and one of the famed Greek scholars who contributed to the revival of letters in the 15th centur…
Cardinal Bessarion announced his donation of 746 Greek and Latin codices to the Republic of Venice, forming the Bibliote
Philip III, also known as Philip the Good, was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death in 1467. He was a member of a cadet line of the House of Valois, to which all 15th-century…
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)
Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death. Skanderbeg is considered to be a major figur…
Albanian commander Skanderbeg entered Krujë, breaking a 10-month siege by Ottoman forces
A series of military conflicts between the Ottoman Empire and various European states took place from the Late Middle Ages up through the early 20th century. The earliest conflicts…
Ottoman wars in Europe: Albanian leader Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman army under Ballaban Badera to raise the siege of
Ottaviano Petrucci was an Italian printer. His Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, a collection of chansons printed in 1501, is commonly misidentified as the first book of sheet music pri…
Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (died 1539)
The 1465 Fez revolt was a popular uprising in the Marinid capital of Fez against Sultan Abd al-Haqq II, the final ruler of the Marinid dynasty, and his Jewish vizier, Harun ibn Bat…
During the 1465 Moroccan revolution which overthrows the Marinid dynasty, the Jewish mellah is attacked by the populatio
Mercurino Arborio, marchese di Gattinara, was an Italian statesman and jurist who served, from 1518 to 1530, as the principal chancellor of Charles V, the King of Spain and the Hol…
Mercurino Gattinara, Italian statesman and jurist (died 1530)
Thomas Palaiologos was Despot of the Morea from 1428 until the fall of the despotate in 1460, although he continued to claim the title until his death five years later. He was the …
Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of Morea (born 1409)
Joan of France, sometimes called Joan the Lame, was briefly Queen of France as wife of King Louis XII, in between the death of her brother, King Charles VIII, and the annulment of…
Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1505)
Robert Fayrfax was an English Renaissance composer, considered the most prominent and influential of the reigns of Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII of England. He represents the thir…
Robert Fayrfax, English Renaissance composer (died 1521)
The House of York was a cadet branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet. It fought with the House of Lancaster, another cadet branch of the House of Plantagenet, for the Eng…
A Yorkist army under the Baron Montagu defeats a Lancastrian army under the Duke of Somerset in the battle of Hedgeley M
Sophia Jagiellon was a princess of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, great-granddaughter of Emperor Sigismund and by ma…
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Polish princess (died 1512)
Barbara of Brandenburg, a member of the German House of Hohenzollern, was by birth Margravine of Brandenburg, and by her two marriages, Duchess of Głogów from 1472 to 1476, and Que…
Barbara of Brandenburg, Bohemian queen (died 1515)
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset was an English nobleman and army commander for the House of Lancaster during the English Wars of the Roses. He is sometimes numbered the 2nd Du…
Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (born 1436)
Thomas Ros or Roos, 9th Baron Ros of Helmsley was a follower of the House of Lancaster during the Wars of the Roses.
Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English politician (born 1427)