1469

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1430s  1440s  1450s  – 1460s –  1470s  1480s  1490s
Years:	1466 1467 1468 – 1469 – 1470 1471 1472

Events

• March 20  – The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last battle fought between the private armies of feudal lords.
• July 26  – War of the Roses  – Battle of Edgecote Moor: the House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.
• October 17  – Prince Ferdinand of Aragon weds Princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
• Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange for help in a war against the Swiss.
• Uzun Hassa wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said.
• Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence.
• Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
• James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark.

Births

• April 15  – Nanak Dev
• May 3  – Niccolò Machiavelli

Deaths

• December 2  – Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
• Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan