1469

Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s
Years:	1466 1467 1468 - 1469 - 1470 1471 1472

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Year 1469 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1469

July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor: The House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.
October 19 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon marries Princess Isabella of Castile. This event will lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
Sigismund of Austria sells Upper-Elsass (Alsace) to Charles the Bold in exchange for aid in a war against the Swiss.
Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Sa'id.
Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence.
Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
James III of Scotland acquires the Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark.

February 13 - Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (d. 1549)
March 20 - Cecily of York, English princess (d. 1507)
May 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (d. 1527)
May 31 - King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1521)
August 26 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (d. 1496)
October 20 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (d. 1539)
date unknown
- John III of Navarre (d. 1516)
- Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (d. 1529)
probable
- Vasco da Gama, explorer (d. 1524)