- 1468
Year 1468 was a
leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1468
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August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor ofEthiopia .
*October 14 - The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, andLouis XI of France .
* The Lancastrians surrenderHarlech Castle to KingEdward IV of England after a seven-year siege.
* The Great Council of theRepublic of Venice attempts to curb the power of theCouncil of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
*Metz Cathedral is completed.Births
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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
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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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