1460

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s
Years:	1457 1458 1459 - 1460 - 1461 1462 1463

1460 in topic:
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Year 1460 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1460

The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone.
March 5 - King Christian I of Denmark issues the Treaty of Ribe.
March 6 - Treaty of Alcacovas: Portugal gives Castile the Canary Islands in exchange for claims in West Africa.
March 7 - The Bavarian original formula is discovered in Dortmund, Germany.
May 4 - Portuguese navigators Diogo Gomes and António da Nola discover the islands of Cape Vert.
June - The Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of York, land in England with an army and seize London.
July 10 - Battle of Northampton: Warwick and March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry. It is agreed that York will be Henry's heir, disinheriting the King's son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
December 30 - Battle of Wakefield: A Lancastrian army under Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland defeats a Yorkist army under the Duke of York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland. Both York and Rutland are killed, the latter murdered after the battle. York's son Edward becomes leader of the Yorkist faction.
Roman general Constantine Graitzas Palaiologos defeated Turkish forces at Salmenikon.

**1460 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1460 MCDLX
Ab urbe condita	2213
Armenian calendar	909 ԹՎ ՋԹ
Bahá'í calendar	-384 – -383
Berber calendar	2410
Buddhist calendar	2004
Burmese calendar	822
Chinese calendar	4096/4156-12-8 (己卯年十二月初八日) — to — 4097/4157-intercalary 11-19 (庚辰年閏十一月十九日)
Coptic calendar	1176 – 1177
Ethiopian calendar	1452 – 1453
Hebrew calendar	5220 – 5221
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1515 – 1516
- Shaka Samvat	1382 – 1383
- Kali Yuga	4561 – 4562
Holocene calendar	11460
Iranian calendar	838 – 839
Islamic calendar	864 – 865
Japanese calendar	Chōroku 4Kanshō 1 (寛正元年)
Korean calendar	3793
Thai solar calendar	2003
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