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| Years: 1459 1460 1461 - 1462 - 1463 1464 1465 | |
| Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
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Events
- Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.
- March 28 - Death of Vasili II of Russia. Succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
- June 17 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assasinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack, and the later is forced to retreat from Wallachia.
- September 17 - Battle of Świecino, called also Battle of Żarnowiec, during Thirteen Years' War
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Births
- February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (died 1516)
- June 27 - Louis XII of France (died 1515)
- Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (died 1535)
- Joan, princess of Castile (died 1530)
- Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (died 1510)
- Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (died 1521)
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Deaths
- March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
- Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos
- Dai Jin, Chinese painter (b. 1388)af:1462
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