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| Gregorian calendar | 1462 MCDLXII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2215 |
| Armenian calendar | 911 ԹՎ ՋԺԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6212 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1383–1384 |
| Bengali calendar | 869 |
| Berber calendar | 2412 |
| English Regnal year | 1 Edw. 4 – 2 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2006 |
| Burmese calendar | 824 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6970–6971 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4159 or 3952 — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4160 or 3953 |
| Coptic calendar | 1178–1179 |
| Discordian calendar | 2628 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1454–1455 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5222–5223 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1518–1519 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1383–1384 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4562–4563 |
| Holocene calendar | 11462 |
| Igbo calendar | 462–463 |
| Iranian calendar | 840–841 |
| Islamic calendar | 866–867 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanshō 3 (寛正３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1378–1379 |
| Julian calendar | 1462 MCDLXII |
| Korean calendar | 3795 |
| Minguo calendar | 450 before ROC 民前450年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −6 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2004–2005 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1588 or 1207 or 435 — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1589 or 1208 or 436 |
Year 1462 (MCDLXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- March 27 – Ivan III of Russia becomes the ruler of Russia, following the death of his father, Vasili.[1]
- June 17 – The Night Attack: Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.
- June 30 – Battle of Seckenheim: Frederick I, Elector Palatine is victorious over four other opponents.[2]
- July 22 – The first siege of Chilia by Stephen the Great fails, and he is seriously wounded.
- September 17 – Thirteen Years' War – Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.[3]
- September – Siege of Mytilene: Mehmed II captures the town of Mytilene, thus conquering the island of Lesbos.
- December – After Radu III the Fair takes over the throne in Wallachia, Vlad III Dracula seeks help in Transylvannia, where he is captured by Mathias Corvinus, and imprisoned for the next 12 years, over false charges of treason.
Date unknown
[edit]- The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
- Portugal begins to settle the Cape Verde Islands, with slaves from the coast of Guinea.
- War of the Roses – Battle of Piltown: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians, in the Lordship of Ireland.
Births
[edit]- January 2 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1522)[4]
- January 8 – Walraven II van Brederode, Dutch noble (d. 1531)
- February 1 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (d. 1516)
- February 21 – Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
- May 19 – Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)
- May 31 – Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1489–1503) (d. 1504)
- June 27 – Louis XII of France, King of France (1498–1515), King of Naples (1501–1504) (d. 1515)[5]
- July 21 – Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)
- September 8 – Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)[6]
- September 16 – Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (d. 1525)
- September 26 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)
- November 26 – Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz (1489–1514) (d. 1514)
- date unknown
- Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (d. 1535)
- probable – Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (d. 1510)
Deaths
[edit]- February 23 – Thomas Tuddenham, English landowner (b. 1401)
- February 26 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)[7]
- February 27 – Władysław II of Płock, Polish noble (b. 1448)
- March 27 – Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
- March 31 – Isidore II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- April 26 – William Percy, medieval Bishop of Carlisle (b. 1428)
- April 28 – Oldřich II of Rosenberg, Bohemian nobleman (b. 1403)
- August 26 – Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
- September 17 – Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse, German royalty (b. 1420)
- November 11 – Anne of Cyprus, Italian noble (b. 1418)
- November 13 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, consort of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1432)
- November 25 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English baron (b. 1400)
- date unknown
- King Esen Buqa II of Moghulistan
- Niccolò Gattilusio, last Prince of Lesbos
- Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)
References
[edit]- ^ John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1882). The Empire of Russia: Its Rise and Present Power. Dodd, Mead. p. 167.
- ^ Hans Delbrück (1975). History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History: The Germans. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-8371-8163-9.
- ^ Beata Możejko (September 16, 2019). Peter von Danzig: The Story of a Great Caravel, 1462-1475. BRILL. p. 55. ISBN 978-90-04-40844-9.
- ^ Dennis Geronimus (January 1, 2006). Piero Di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange. Yale University Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-300-10911-3.
- ^ Philippe de Commynes (1856). The Memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton. Henry G. Bohn. p. 97.
- ^ Nelson, Alan H. (2004). "Medwall, Henry (b. 1462, d. after 1501)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/18504. Retrieved July 27, 2015. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc (1997). The New Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-85229-633-2.