1468

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Year 1468 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1468

• August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia.
• October 14 - The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.
• The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV of England after a seven-year siege.
• The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
• Metz Cathedral is completed.

Births

• February 29 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
• March 29 - Charles I of Savoy (d. 1490)
• June 30 - John, Elector of Saxony (d. 1532)
• date unknown
• Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548)
• Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538)

Deaths

• January 17 - Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (b. 1403)
• February 3 - Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. 1398)
• September 26 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
• October 7 - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
• November 24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
• date unknown
• Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (b. 1419)
• Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist
• Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
• Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
• Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399)

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