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Year 1462 (MCDLXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • March 27 – Vasili II of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
  • June 17 – Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in The Night Attack, forcing Mehmed to retreat from Wallachia.
  • July 1 – Battle of Seckenheim.
  • September 17 – Thirteen Years' War – Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.
  • September – Mehmed II captures the town of Mytilene, thus conquering the island of Lesbos, in the Siege of Mytilene

    • Date unknown

  • The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
  • Portugal begins to settle the Cape Verde islands with slaves from the coast of Guinea.

    • Births

  • January 2 – Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1522)
  • 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 of France, King of France (1498–1515), King of Naples (1501–1504) (d. 1515)
  • July 21 – Queen Jeonghyeon, Korean royal consort (d. 1530)
  • September 8 – Henry Medwall, first known English vernacular dramatist (d. 1501)
  • 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 26 – John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)
  • March 27 – Vasily II of Moscow, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
  • August 26 – Catherine Zaccaria, Despotess of the Morea
  • date unknown
  • Esen Buqa II, King of Moghulistan
  • Niccolò Gattilusio, last Prince of Lesbos
  • Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)

    • References

    1462 Wikipedia
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