1460s facts for kids
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s – 1460s – 1470s 1480s 1490s |
Years: | 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 |
Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
Events
- Sonni Ali, first Songhai king, conquers many of his African neighbors.
- Thirteen Years' War ends in eastern Europe.
- The Portuguese continue to explore the world.
- Chimú Empire taken over by soldiers of the Inca Empire in South America.
Births
- King Louis XII of France
- Emperor Go-Kashiwabara of Japan
- Erasmus, Dutch thinker
- Montezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán
- Pope Paul III
- Juan de Zumárraga, first bishop of Mexico
Deaths
- Prince Henry the Navigator, Portuguese explorer
- David of Trebizond, Byzantine Emperor
- Zhengtong Emperor of China
- Nicholas of Cusa, German mathematician and astronomer
- Pope Pius II
- Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero
- Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia
See also
In Spanish: Años 1460 para niños
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