1468
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century · 15th century · 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s · 1440s · 1450s · 1460s · 1470s · 1480s · 1490s |
| Years: | 1465 · 1466 · 1467 · 1468 · 1469 · 1470 · 1471 |
| 1468 by topic |
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| 1468 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1468 MCDLXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2221 |
| Armenian calendar | 917 ԹՎ ՋԺԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6218 |
| Bengali calendar | 875 |
| Berber calendar | 2418 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Edw. 4 – 8 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2012 |
| Burmese calendar | 830 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6976–6977 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 4164 or 4104 — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4165 or 4105 |
| Coptic calendar | 1184–1185 |
| Discordian calendar | 2634 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1460–1461 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5228–5229 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1524–1525 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1389–1390 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4568–4569 |
| Holocene calendar | 11468 |
| Igbo calendar | 468–469 |
| Iranian calendar | 846–847 |
| Islamic calendar | 872–873 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōnin 2 (応仁２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1384–1385 |
| Julian calendar | 1468 MCDLXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3801 |
| Minguo calendar | 444 before ROC 民前444年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 0 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2010–2011 |
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Year 1468 (MCDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
- August 26: Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia.
- October 14: The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.
Date unknown
- The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV of England after a seven-year siege.
- The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
- Orkney is pledged by Christian I, in his capacity as King of Norway, as security against the payment of the dowry of his daughter Margaret, betrothed to James III of Scotland. As the money is never paid, the connection with the crown of Scotland becomes perpetual.
- Metz Cathedral is completed.
- At about this date, Sonni Ali, king of the Songhai Empire, takes power over Timbuktu.
Births
- February 29 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
- March 28 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)
- May 31 – Philip, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1500)
- June 30 – John, Elector of Saxony (1525–1532) (d. 1532)
- July 24 – Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1524)
- August 3 – Albert I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko (d. 1511)
- August 26 – Bernardo de' Rossi, Italian bishop (d. 1527)
- December 21 – William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, English baron (d. 1524)
- date unknown
- Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548)
- Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538)
Deaths
- January 17 – Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (b. 1403)
- February 3 – Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. 1398)
- June 14 – Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
- June 30 – Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
- 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
- Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399)
References
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