The 1460s

Explore 102 historical events from 1460–1469.

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1467

Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (born 1396)

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)

1466 560 years ago

Giovanni Sforza, Italian nobleman (died 1510)

Giovanni Sforza d'Aragona was an Italian condottiero, lord of Pesaro and Gradara from 1483 until his death. He is best known as the first husband of Lucrezia Borgia. Their marriage…

Giovanni Sforza, Italian nobleman (died 1510)

1466 560 years ago

Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian printer (died 1539)

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)

1466 560 years ago

Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (died 1523)

Ashikaga Yoshitane , also known as Ashikaga Yoshiki , was the 10th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate who headed the shogunate first from 1490 to 1493 and then again from 1508 to 152…

Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shōgun (died 1523)

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1466 560 years ago

Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings…

Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)

1464

Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (died 1505)

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)