Year 1468 (MCDLXVIII)
Year 1468 was a leap year beginning on Friday in the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
June 30 – Catherine Cornaro is married by proxy to James II of Cyprus, initiating the Venetian conquest of Cyprus.
August 26 – Baeda Maryam ascends to the throne as Emperor of Ethiopia, succeeding his father Zara Yaqob.
October 14 – The Treaty of Péronne is concluded between Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.
October 30 – Forces led by Charles the Bold execute the Sack of Liège.
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 seeks to limit the power of the Council of Ten through new legislation aimed at restricting their authority to emergency matters.
- Christian I, in his role as King of Norway, pledges Orkney as security for the dowry of his daughter Margaret, engaged to James III of Scotland. This financial arrangement ultimately remains unpaid, resulting in a lasting connection to the Scottish crown.
- A fire erupts at Metz Cathedral in France.
- Sonni Ali, the king of the Songhai Empire, gains control over Timbuktu.
Births
February 29 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
March 28 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490)
April 27 – Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (d. 1503)
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
- Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538)
- Mir Chakar Khan Rind, Baloch chieftain (d. 1565)
- Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and the first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548)
- Probable – Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515)
Deaths
February 3 – Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press with replaceable letters (b. c. 1398)
March 12 – Astorre II Manfredi, Italian noble (b. 1412)
September 23 – Sejo of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1417)
June 10 – Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma’ilism, scholar and historian (b. 1392)
June 14 – Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
June 30 – Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
July 5 – Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (b. 1453)
September 26 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
October 7 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
October 28 – Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (b. 1425)
November 24 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
December 6 – Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (b. 1412)
Date Unknown
- Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (b. 1419)
- Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist (b. ca. 1395)
- Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399)
- Pomellina Fregoso, Monegaque regent (b. 1388)