1466

Year 1466 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1466

* August 26 - A conjure against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is discovered in Florence.
* October 19 - The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Peace of Thorn (1466)
* The Chimú Empire is conquered by troops of the Inca.
* Erik Axelsson Tott replaces Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna as Regent of Sweden.
* The first printed German language Bible is produced.

Births

* February 11 - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
* June 18 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (d. 1539)
* August 10 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)
* September 9 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
* October 27 - Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
* November 30 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
*"probable"
**Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d. 1520)
**Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515)

Deaths

* March 8 - Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)
* October 30 - Johann Fust, German printer (b. c. 1400)
* December 13 - Donatello, Italian artist (b. 1386)
*"date unknown"
**Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (b. 1415)
**Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate
**Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman
**Nicolaus Zacharie, composer