1466
year
1466 (MCDLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1466th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 466th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1466, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s – 1460s – 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1463 1464 1465 – 1466 – 1467 1468 1469 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1466 MCDLXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2219 |
| Armenian calendar | 915 ԹՎ ՋԺԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6216 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1387–1388 |
| Bengali calendar | 873 |
| Berber calendar | 2416 |
| English Regnal year | 5 Edw. 4 – 6 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2010 |
| Burmese calendar | 828 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6974–6975 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4162 or 4102 — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4163 or 4103 |
| Coptic calendar | 1182–1183 |
| Discordian calendar | 2632 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1458–1459 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5226–5227 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1522–1523 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1387–1388 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4566–4567 |
| Holocene calendar | 11466 |
| Igbo calendar | 466–467 |
| Iranian calendar | 844–845 |
| Islamic calendar | 870–871 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanshō 7 / Bunshō 1 (文正元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1382–1383 |
| Julian calendar | 1466 MCDLXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3799 |
| Minguo calendar | 446 before ROC 民前446年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −2 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2008–2009 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1592 or 1211 or 439 — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1593 or 1212 or 440 |
Events
changeJanuary–December
change- June – Second Siege of Krujë: Mehmed II leads an army of 150,000 to stop the Albanian resistance by taking Krujë. The Albanians stop him and the Ottoman army leaves from Albania.
- August 26 – A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is discovered and put down in Florence.
- October 19 – The Thirteen Years' War ends
Date unknown
change- The Chimú Empire is conquered by troops of the Inca.
- Erik Axelsson Tott replaces Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna as Regent of Sweden.
- The first printed German language Bible is made.
- Louis XI of France introduces silk weaving to Lyon.[1]
- Kingdom of Georgia ends. Rival states of Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Samtskhe-Saatabago start.
Births
change- February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
- June 18 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (d. 1539)
- August 10 – Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)
- September 9 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
- October 27 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
- November 30 – Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
- probable
- Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d. 1520)
- Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515)
- Laura Bowen, founder of the nursing profession.
Deaths
change- March 8 – Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)
- October 30 – Johann Fust, German printer (b. c. 1400)
- December 13 – Donatello, Italian artist (b. 1386)
- date unknown
- Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (b. 1415)
- Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate
- Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman
- Nicolaus Zacharie, composer
References
change- ↑ Burke, James (1978). Connections. London: Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-24827-9.