1468
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1465 1466 1467 - 1468 - 1469 1470 1471 |
| 1468 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1468 MCDLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2221 |
| Armenian calendar | 917 ԹՎ ՋԺԷ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -376 – -375 |
| Berber calendar | 2418 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2012 |
| Burmese calendar | 830 |
| Chinese calendar | 4104/4164-12-6 (丁亥年十二月初六日) — to —
4105/4165-12-17(戊子年十二月十七日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1184 – 1185 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1460 – 1461 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5228 – 5229 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1523 – 1524 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1390 – 1391 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4569 – 4570 |
| Holocene calendar | 11468 |
| Iranian calendar | 846 – 847 |
| Islamic calendar | 872 – 873 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōnin 2 (応仁2年) |
| Korean calendar | 3801 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2011 |
Year 1468 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1468
- 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.
- 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.
- Metz Cathedral is completed.
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
