1462
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Events
January–March
- January 16 – The conflict in Poland over who should be the bishop of Krakow — Pope Pius II's appointee Jakub of Sienno or King Casimir IV's pick, Jan Gruszczynski — Pope Pius sends his legate, the Archbishop of Crete Hieronymus Landus, to negotiate a compromise that ultimately ends with Jakub being recognized by King Casimir as Bishop.[1]<
- January 22 – On Saint Vincent's Day, Portuguese explorer Diogo Afonso and his men become the first Europeans to discover the island of São Vicente (now part of Cape Verde) off the coast of North Africa.[2]
- February 13 – The Treaty of Westminster is agreed upon between King Edward IV of England and the Scotland noble John of Islay, Earl of Ross and Lord of the Isles. The parties sign the treaty on March 17.
- March 27 – Ivan III of Russia becomes the ruler of Russia, following the death of his father, Vasili.[3]
April–June
- April 1 – Bishop Antony Kokkas becomes the new Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding the late Patriarch Isidore II as leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire. He takes the name Ioasaf I.[4]
- April 3 – Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, come to an agreement to return the Crown of St. Stephen to Hungary in return for payment of 80,000 florins, and recognizing Matthias as King.
- April 28 – Pope Pius II issues the papal bull Cum almam nostram urbem prohibiting the destruction or removal of the ancient ruins in Rome and Campagna or the burning of ancient marble for lime, with violators subject to excommunication.[5]
- May 23 – Catalan Civil War: In the Principality of Catalonia in Spain, the Siege of Hostalric, controlled by forces loyal to John II of Aragon, is started by Catalan General Pere de Bell-lloc and the Hostalric castle surrenders six days later.[6]
- June 17 – In the "Night Attack at Târgoviște", Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II, forcing him to retreat from Wallachia.[7]
- June 30 – At the Battle of Seckenheim, Frederick I, as Elector of Palatine, is victorious over four other opponents.[8]
July–September
- July 7 – In his campaign against the Ottomans in western Macedonia, at the Second Battle of Mokra, Skanderbeg surprises Ottoman troops near Mokra, orders his men to scare the enemy with drums and battlehorns, and then leads a successful attack, killing many of the Ottoman soldiers.[9]
- July 22 – The first siege of Chilia by Stephen the Great fails, and he is seriously wounded.
- August 20 – On the Saint Bernard's Day, the Spanish army of the Kingdom of Castile, led by Enrique Pérez de Guzmán y Fonseca, captures Gibraltar, which has been under the rule of the Sultanate of Morocco for almost 130 years since its capture in 1333 AD.[10] King Enrique IV declares himself "King of Gibraltar" in addition to his other titles.
- September 15 – The Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquers the Greek island of Lesbos after a 14-day attack by sea and by land with over 20,000 troops, capturing the last fortress in the siege of Mytilene.[11]
- September 17 – Thirteen Years' War – Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.[12]
October–December
- October 7 – Pope Pius II issues the declaration Apud Raynaldum, condemning the enslavement of Christians, although the prohibition is limited only to people recently baptized.[13]
- October 28 – Adolph II of Nassau captures the town of Mainz and ends the Mainz Diocesan Feud, then carries a massacre of more than 400 citizens.[14]
- November 2 – King Edward IV issues a charter guaranteeing the right of clergy to be tried in the ecclesiastical courts rather than by the royal judicial system set for most of the English inhabitants, despite the general limitation of ecclesiastical courts to church matters.[15]
- December 22 – King Edward IV summons the members of the House of Lords and the House of Commons to assemble at the English Parliament for April 29, 1463.
- December – After Radu III the Fair takes over the throne in Wallachia, Vlad III Dracula seeks help in Transylvania, where he is captured by Mathias Corvinus, and imprisoned for the next 12 years, over false charges of treason.
Date unknown
- The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
- Portugal begins to settle the Cape Verde Islands, with slaves from the coast of Guinea.
- War of the Roses – Battle of Piltown: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians, in the Lordship of Ireland.
Births
- January 2 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1522)[16]
- January 8 – Walraven II van Brederode, Dutch noble (d. 1531)
- February 1 – Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (d. 1516)
- February 21 – Joanna la Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
- May 19 – Baccio D'Agnolo, Italian woodcarver, sculptor and architect (d. 1543)
- May 31 – Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1489–1503) (d. 1504)
- June 27 – Louis XII, King of France (1498–1515), King of Naples (1501–1504) (d. 1515)[17]
- July 21 – Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)
- September 8 – Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)[18]
- September 16 – Pietro Pomponazzi, Italian philosopher (d. 1525)
- September 26 – Engelbert, Count of Nevers, younger son of John I (d. 1506)
- November 26 – Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken and Count of Veldenz (1489–1514) (d. 1514)
- date unknown
- Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (d. 1535)
- probable – Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (d. 1510)
Deaths
- February 23 – Thomas Tuddenham, English landowner (b. 1401)
- February 26 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)[19]
- February 27 – Władysław II of Płock, Polish noble (b. 1448)
- March 27 – Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
- March 31 – Isidore II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- April 26 – William Percy, medieval Bishop of Carlisle (b. 1428)
- April 28 – Oldřich II of Rosenberg, Bohemian nobleman (b. 1403)
- August 26 – Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
- September 17 – Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse, German royalty (b. 1420)
- November 11 – Anne of Cyprus, Italian noble (b. 1418)
- November 13 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, consort of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. 1432)
- November 25 – John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton, English baron (b. 1400)
- date unknown
- King Esen Buqa II of Moghulistan
- Niccolò Gattilusio, last Prince of Lesbos
- Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)
References
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- ^ David M. Cheney:Archbishop Jakub Sienienski (Sienna) at catholic-hierarchy (access to 2013-06-27).
- ^ Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município de S. Vicente, Direcção Geral do Turismo
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.John Stevens Cabot Abbott (1882). The Empire of Russia: Its Rise and Present Power. Dodd, Mead. p. 167.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate - A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press. ISBN 9781434458766.
- ^ Ruth Rubinstein, 'Pius II and Roman ruins', Renaissance Studies Vol. 2, No. 2 (October 1988), p. 199.
- ^ Sobrequés, Santiago and Jaume Sobrequés (1987). La guerra civil catalana del segle XV, 2nd ed., 2 vol. Edicions 62, Template:ISBN
- ^ Radu Florescun and Raymond T. McNally, Dracula, Prince of Many Faces: – His Life and His Times (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1989) pp.145-146 Template:ISBN
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hans Delbrück (1975). History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History: The Germans. Greenwood Press. p. 595. ISBN 978-0-8371-8163-9.
- ^ Demetrio Franco, Comentario de le cose de' Turchi, et del S. Georgio Scanderbeg, principe d' Epyr (Venice: Altobello Salkato, 1480) p.328
- ^ Lieut.-Colonel Gilbard (George J. Gilbard), A Popular History of Gibraltar, Its Institutions, and Its Neighbourhood on Both Sides of the Straits (Garrison Library Printing, 1887) pp.4-5
- ^ Franz Babinger, Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time (Bollingen Series 96). Translated from the German by Ralph Manheim. (Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1978) p.11 OCLC 164968842.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Beata Możejko (16 September 2019). Peter von Danzig: The Story of a Great Caravel, 1462-1475. BRILL. p. 55. ISBN 978-90-04-40844-9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maxwell, John Francis (1975). Slavery and the Catholic Church: The history of Catholic teaching concerning the moral legitimacy of the institution of slavery. Barry Rose Publishers [for] the Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-859-92015-5.
- ^ Karl Menzel, "Die Verträge zwischen den Grafen Adolf von Nassau und Diether von Isenburg-Büdingen zur Beilegung des Streits um das Erzstift Mainz" ("The Treaties between Count Adolf of Nassau and Diether of Isenburg-Büdingen to Settle the Dispute over the Archbishopric of Mainz") in Nassauische Annalen (Annals of Nassau) no. 10 (1870)
- ^ Cora L. Scofield, The Life and Reign of Edward the Fourth, King of England and France and Lord of Ireland, volume 2 (Longmans, Green and Company, 1923) p.391
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dennis Geronimus (1 January 2006). Piero Di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange. Yale University Press. p. 12. ISBN 0-300-10911-3.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Philippe de Commynes (1856). The Memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton. Henry G. Bohn. p. 97.
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