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

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January–December

  • June – Second Siege of Krujë: Mehmed II leads an army of 150,000 in an attempt to quash the Albanian resistance by taking Krujë. The Albanians repulse him and the Ottoman army retreats from Albania.
  • August 26 – A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is discovered and put down in Florence.
  • October 18 – Erik Axelsson Tott replaces Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna as Regent of Sweden.
  • October 19 – The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Peace of Thorn.

    • Date unknown

  • The Chimú Empire is conquered by troops of the Inca.
  • The Mentelin Bible, the first printed German language Bible, is produced.
  • Louis XI of France introduces silk weaving to Lyon.
  • Collapse of the Kingdom of Georgia into anarchy and its subsequent fragmentation into rival states of Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Samtskhe-Saatabago and a number of principalities, which is finalised in 1490 when Constantine II of Georgia has to recognize his rival monarchies.
  • The 2nd largest bell of St. Peter's Church in Fritzlar was founded by Meister Goswin aus Fritzlar.

    • Births

  • February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
  • May 22 – Marino Sanuto the Younger, Italian historian (d. 1536)
  • June 18 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (d. 1539)
  • July 5 – Giovanni Sforza, Italian noble (d. 1510)
  • August 10 – Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)
  • September 9 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
  • October 28 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
  • November 16 – Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, philosopher (d. 1522)
  • November 26 – Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (d. 1506)
  • November 30 – Andrea Doria, Genoese condottiero and admiral (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)
  • August – Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate
  • 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)
  • Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman
  • Nicolaus Zacharie, composer

    • References

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