1461 ( MCDLXI ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar , the 1461st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 461st year of the 2nd millennium , the 61st year of the 15th century , and the 2nd year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1461, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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• 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.
• February 17 ? Second Battle of St Albans ? The Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret , who recovers control of her husband.
• March 4 ? The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England
• 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.
• Edward, Richard of York's son, crowned as Edward IV , King of England (reigns until 1483 )
• August 15 ? The Empire of Trebizond , the last major Romano-Greek outpost falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II after a siege of 21 days.
• Louis XI of France succeeds Charles VII of France as king (reigns until 1483 )
• Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli become students of Verrocchio
• Sarajevo , capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina , is founded by the Ottomans
• Francois Villon : Le Grand Testament
• Donatello : Judith and Holofernes