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Calendar year
Year 1461 (
MCDLXI ) was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
January–December
February 2 –
Battle of Mortimer's Cross : Yorkist troops led by
Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under
Owen Tudor and his son
Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke , in Wales.
[1]
February 17 –
Second Battle of St Albans , England: The
Earl of Warwick 's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under
Queen Margaret , who recovers control for her husband.
[2]
March 4 – The Duke of York seizes London, and proclaims himself King
Edward IV of England .
March 5 –
Wars of the Roses :
Henry VI of England is deposed by
Edward, Duke of York .
March 29 –
Battle of Towton : Edward IV defeats Queen Margaret, to make good his claim to the English throne (thought to be the bloodiest battle ever fought in England).
July 10 –
Stephen Tomašević becomes the last
King of Bosnia , on the death of his father
Stephen Thomas ; he is crowned on
November 17 , in
Saint Mary's Church, Jajce .
June 28 – Edward, Richard of York's son, is crowned as
Edward IV , King of England (reigns until
1483 ).
July –
Byzantine general
Graitzas Palaiologos honourably surrenders
Salmeniko Castle , the last garrison of the
Despotate of the Morea , to invading forces of the
Ottoman Empire , after a year-long siege.
July 22 –
Louis XI of France succeeds
Charles VII of France as king (reigns until
1483 ).
August 7 – The
Ming Dynasty Chinese military general
Cao Qin stages a coup against the
Tianshun Emperor ; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the
Imperial City, Beijing (which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution, he flees to his home in the city, and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.
August 15 – The
Empire of Trebizond , the last major Romano-Greek outpost, falls to the
Ottoman Empire under
Mehmed II , after a
21-day siege .
November 27 –
1461 L'Aquila earthquake . A severe earthquake occurs in
L'Aquila .
Date unknown
Births
February 6 –
Džore Držić , Croatian poet and playwright (d.
1501 )
February 19 –
Domenico Grimani , Italian nobleman (d.
1523 )
March 11 –
Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 3rd Duke of the Infantado , Spanish noble (d.
1531 )
[3]
April 3 –
Anne of France , French princess regent, eldest daughter of Louis XI of France and Charlotte of Savoy (d.
1522 )
May 3 –
Raffaele Riario , Italian cardinal (d.
1521 )
May 25 –
Zanobi Acciaioli , librarian of the Vatican (d.
1519 )
August 5 –
Alexander Jagiellon , King of Poland (d.
1506 )
[4]
September 15 –
Jacopo Salviati , Italian politician and son-in-law of Lorenzo de' Medici (d.
1533 )
October 1 –
Amalie of Brandenburg , Countess Palatine and Duchess of Zweibruecken and Veldenz (d.
1481 )
December 28 –
Louise of Savoy , Nun (d.
1503 )
date unknown
Deaths
February 2 –
Owen Tudor , Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (executed)
March 28 –
John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (in battle)
March 29
April 8 –
Georg von Peuerbach , Austrian astronomer (b.
1423 )
May 15 –
Domenico Veneziano , Italian painter (b. c.
1410 )
July 22 – King
Charles VII of France (b.
1403 )
[5]
September 21 –
Sophia of Halshany , queen consort of Poland (b.
1405 )
September 23 –
Charles, Prince of Viana , King of Navarre (b.
1421 )
October 7 –
Jean Poton de Xaintrailles , follower of
Joan of Arc (b. c.
1390 )
November 6 –
John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (b.
1415 )
probable –
Jonah, Metropolitan of Moscow
References