1462

Year 1462 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1462

* Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.
* March 28 - Vasili II of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
* June 17 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack, forcing Mehmed to retreat from Wallachia.
* September 17 - Thirteen Years' War - Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.
* The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
* Battle of Paarlo, The Netherlands

Births

* January 2 - Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1521)
* February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (d. 1516)
* June 27 - Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
*"date unknown"
**Joanna La Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
**Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (d. 1535)
*"probable" - Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (d. 1510)

Deaths

*February 26 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)
*March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
*"date unknown"
**Esen Buqa II, King of Moghulistan
**Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos
**Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)