1468

Years: 1465 1466 1467 - 1468 - 1469 1470 1471

Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

*Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia

Births

* February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549)
* Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, dramatist and composer
* Charles I of Savoy
* John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532)
* Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (died 1548)

Deaths

*January 17 - Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (born 1405)
*September 26 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
*November 24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (born 1402)
*Abulkhair Khan, leader of the Uzbek confederation (born 1428)
*Sigismondo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (born 1417)
*Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer
*Gennadius Scholarius, Patriarch of Constantinople
*Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist
*Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
*Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1399)
*Johannes Gutenberg, Inventor of printing press with replaceable letters

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