1461

1461 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1461 ; MCDLXI
Ab urbe condita	2214
Armenian calendar	910 ; ?? ??
Assyrian calendar	6211
Balinese saka calendar	1382?1383
Bengali calendar	868
Berber calendar	2411
English Regnal year	39 Hen. 6 ? 1 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar	2005
Burmese calendar	823
Byzantine calendar	6969?6970
Chinese calendar	庚辰年 (Metal Dragon ) ; 4158 or 3951 ; ? to ? ; 辛巳年 (Metal Snake ) ; 4159 or 3952
Coptic calendar	1177?1178
Discordian calendar	2627
Ethiopian calendar	1453?1454
Hebrew calendar	5221?5222
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1517?1518
- Shaka Samvat	1382?1383
- Kali Yuga	4561?4562
Holocene calendar	11461
Igbo calendar	461?462
Iranian calendar	839?840
Islamic calendar	865?866
Japanese calendar	Kansh? 2 ; (?正２年)
Javanese calendar	1377?1378
Julian calendar	1461 ; MCDLXI
Korean calendar	3794
Minguo calendar	451 before ROC ; 民前451年
Nanakshahi calendar	?7
Thai solar calendar	2003?2004
Tibetan calendar	?金?年 ; (male Iron- Dragon ) ; 1587 or 1206 or 434 ; ? to ? ; ?金蛇年 ; (female Iron- Snake ) ; 1588 or 1207 or 435

Millennium :	2nd millennium
Centuries :	14th century ; 15th century ; 16th century ;
Decades :	1440s ; 1450s ; 1460s ; 1470s ; 1480s ;
Years :	1458 ; 1459 ; 1460 ; 1461 ; 1462 ; 1463 ; 1464 ;

Year 1461 ( MCDLXI ) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar .

Events [ edit ]

January–December [ edit ]

February 2 – Battle of Mortimer's Cross : Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke , in Wales. ^[1]
February 17 – Second Battle of St Albans , England: The Earl of Warwick 's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret , who recovers control for her husband. ^[2]
March 4 – The Duke of York seizes London, and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England .
March 5 – Wars of the Roses : Henry VI of England is deposed by Edward, Duke of York .
March 29 – Battle of Towton : Edward IV defeats Queen Margaret, to make good his claim to the English throne (thought to be the bloodiest battle ever fought in England).
July 10 – Stephen Toma?evi? becomes the last King of Bosnia , on the death of his father Stephen Thomas ; he is crowned on November 17 , in Saint Mary's Church, Jajce .
June 28 – Edward, Richard of York's son, is crowned as Edward IV , King of England (reigns until 1483 ).
July – Byzantine general Graitzas Palaiologos honourably surrenders Salmeniko Castle , the last garrison of the Despotate of the Morea , to invading forces of the Ottoman Empire , after a year-long siege.
July 22 – Louis XI of France succeeds Charles VII of France as king (reigns until 1483 ).
August 7 – The Ming Dynasty Chinese military general Cao Qin stages a coup against the Tianshun Emperor ; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the Imperial City, Beijing (which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution, he flees to his home in the city, and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.
August 15 – The Empire of Trebizond , the last major Romano-Greek outpost, falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II , after a 21-day siege .
November 27 – 1461 L'Aquila earthquake . A severe earthquake occurs in L'Aquila .

Date unknown [ edit ]

Cirencester Grammar School is founded in southwest England by the Bishop of Durham .
Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli become students of Verrocchio .
Sarajevo , capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is founded by the Ottomans .
Francois Villon writes Le Grand Testament .

Births [ edit ]

February 6 – D?ore Dr?i? , Croatian poet and playwright (d. 1501 )
February 19 – Domenico Grimani , Italian nobleman (d. 1523 )
March 11 – Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of the Infantado , Spanish noble (d. 1531 ) ^[3]
April 3 – Anne of France , French princess regent, eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and Charlotte of Savoy (d. 1522 )
May 3 – Raffaele Riario , Italian cardinal (d. 1521 )
May 25 – Zanobi Acciaioli , librarian of the Vatican (d. 1519 )
August 5 – Alexander Jagiellon , King of Poland (d. 1506 ) ^[4]
September 15 – Jacopo Salviati , Italian politician and son-in-law of Lorenzo de' Medici (d. 1533 )
October 1 – Amalie of Brandenburg , Countess Palatine and Duchess of Zweibruecken and Veldenz (d. 1481 )
December 28 – Louise of Savoy , Nun (d. 1503 )
date unknown
- Alessandro Alessandri , Italian jurist (d. 1523 )
- Bohuslav Hasi?tejnsky z Lobkovic , Bohemian nobleman (d. 1510 )
- Nicholas West , English bishop and diplomat (d. 1533 )

Deaths [ edit ]

February 2 – Owen Tudor , Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (executed)
March 28 – John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (in battle)
March 29
- Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (in battle) (b. 1421 )
- Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
April 8 – Georg von Peuerbach , Austrian astronomer (b. 1423 )
May 15 – Domenico Veneziano , Italian painter (b. c. 1410 )
July 22 – King Charles VII of France (b. 1403 ) ^[5]
September 21 – Sophia of Halshany , queen consort of Poland (b. 1405 )
September 23 – Charles, Prince of Viana , King of Navarre (b. 1421 )
October 7 – Jean Poton de Xaintrailles , follower of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390 )
November 6 – John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (b. 1415 )
probable – Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow

References [ edit ]

^ Peter Reid (2007). By Fire and Sword: The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms, 1314-1485 . Constable. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-84529-526-4 .
^ Peter Burley; Michael Elliott; Harvey Watson (September 9, 2013). The Battles of St Albans . Pen and Sword. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4738-1903-0 .
^ "Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa" . Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 18, 2019 . Retrieved June 18, 2019 .
^ Cullman, Peter Simonstein (2006). History of the Jewish Community of Schneidemuhl: 1641 to the Holocaust . Avotaynu . p. 14. ISBN 9781886223271 .
^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (May 1, 2008). Britannica Concise Encyclopedia . Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-59339-492-9 .

[Reid2007-1] Peter Reid (2007). By Fire and Sword: The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms, 1314-1485 . Constable. p. 398. ISBN 978-1-84529-526-4 .

[BurleyElliott2013-2] Peter Burley; Michael Elliott; Harvey Watson (September 9, 2013). The Battles of St Albans . Pen and Sword. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4738-1903-0 .

[3] "Diego Hurtado de Mendoza y Figueroa" . Real Academia de la Historia (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 18, 2019 . Retrieved June 18, 2019 .

[4] Cullman, Peter Simonstein (2006). History of the Jewish Community of Schneidemuhl: 1641 to the Holocaust . Avotaynu . p. 14. ISBN 9781886223271 .

[5] Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (May 1, 2008). Britannica Concise Encyclopedia . Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. p. 376. ISBN 978-1-59339-492-9 .

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