1461
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| Years: 1458 1459 1460 - 1461 - 1462 1463 1464 |
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| Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s |
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| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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| 1461 by topic |
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| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Gregorian calendar | 1461 MCDLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2214 |
| Armenian calendar | 910 ԹՎ ՋԺ |
| Chinese calendar | 4097/4157-intercalary 11-20 (庚辰年閏十一月二十日) — to —
4098/4158-11-30(辛巳年十一月三十日) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1453 – 1454 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5221 – 5222 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1516 – 1517 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1383 – 1384 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4562 – 4563 |
| Iranian calendar | 839 – 840 |
| Islamic calendar | 865 – 866 |
| Japanese calendar | |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2121 (皇紀2121年) |
| - Jōmon Era | 11461 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2004 |
[edit] Events
- February 2 - Battle of Mortimer's Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales.
- February 17 - Second Battle of St Albans - The Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who recovers control of her husband.
- March 4 - The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England
- March 29 - Battle of Towton - Edward IV defeats Queen Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne. Thought to be the bloodiest battle ever fought in England.
- Edward, Richard of York's son, crowned as Edward IV, King of England (reigns until 1483)
- August 15 - The Empire of Trebizond, the last major Romano-Greek outpost falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II after a siege of 21 days.
- Cirencester Grammar School founded in south-west England by the Bishop of Durham
- Louis XI of France succeeds Charles VII of France as king (reigns until 1483)
- Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli become students of Verrocchio
- Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is founded by the Ottomans
- François Villon: Le Grand Testament
- Donatello: Judith and Holofernes
[edit] Births
- Alessandro Alessandri, Italian jurist (died 1523)
- Alexander of Poland (died 1506)
- Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France died 1522
- Bohuslav Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, Bohemian nobleman (died 1510)
- Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomatist (died 1533)
[edit] Deaths
- February 2 - Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England
- March 29 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (born 1421)
- April 8 - Georg Purbach, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1423)
- July 22 - King Charles VII of France (born 1403)
- Jonas, Metropolitan of Moscow
- John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (born 1415)
- Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter
