1461
Information about 1461
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1458 1459 1460 - 1461 - 1462 1463 1464 |
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Events of 1461
- 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.
- February 17 - Second Battle of St Albans - The Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who recovers control of her husband.
- March 4 - The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England
- 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.
- Edward, Richard of York's son, crowned as Edward IV, King of England (reigns until 1483)
- August 15 - The Empire of Trebizond, the last major Romano-Greek outpost falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II after a siege of 21 days.
- Cirencester Grammar School founded in south-west England by the Bishop of Durham
- Louis XI of France succeeds Charles VII of France as king (reigns until 1483)
- Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli become students of Verrocchio
- Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is founded by the Ottomans
- François Villon: Le Grand Testament
- Donatello: Judith and Holofernes
| Gregorian calendar | 1461 MCDLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2214 |
| Armenian calendar | 910 ԹՎ ՋԺ |
| Bah' calendar | -383 – -382 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2005 |
| Chinese calendar | 4097/4157-8-17 (庚辰年八月十七日) — to — 4098/4158-6-26(辛巳年六月廿六日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1177 – 1178 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1453 – 1454 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5221 – 5222 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1516 – 1517 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1383 – 1384 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4562 – 4563 |
| Holocene calendar | 11461 |
| Iranian calendar | 839 – 840 |
| Islamic calendar | 865 – 866 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanshō 0 (寛正0年) |
| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2121 (皇紀2121年) |
| Julian calendar | 1506 |
| Korean calendar | 3794 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2004 |
Births
- February 6 - Džore Držić, poet and dramatist (died 1501)
- April - Anne of France, Princess and Regent of France (died 1522)
- May 25 - Zanobi Acciaioli, librarian of the Vatican (died 1519)
- August 5 - Alexander Jagiellon, King of Poland (died 1506)
- date unknown
- Alessandro Alessandri, Italian jurist (died 1523)
- Bohuslav Hasištejnskı z Lobkovic, Bohemian nobleman (died 1510)
- Nicholas West, English bishop and diplomat (died 1533)
Deaths
- February 2 - Owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty (executed)
- March 28 - John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford (in battle)
- March 29
- Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (in battle) (born 1421)
- Lionel de Welles, 6th Baron Welles
- April 8 - Georg Purbach, German astronomer and mathematician (born 1423)
- July 22 - King Charles VII of France (born 1403)
- September 23 - Charles of Viana, King of Navarre (born 1421)
- October 7 - Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (born c.1390)
- date unknown
- John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (born 1415)
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- Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow
- Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter
- Upper Paleolithic
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14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400.
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- The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age
- Beginning of the Ottoman Empire, early expansion into the Balkans
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15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500.
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- 1402: Ottoman and Timurid Empires fight at the Battle of Ankara resulting in Timur's capture of Bayezid I.
- 1402: The conquest of the Canary Islands signals the beginning of the Spanish Empire.
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- 1500s: Mississippian culture disappears.
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-1460- 1461 . 1462 . 1463 1464 . 1465 . 1466 . 1467 . 1468 . 1469 .
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- Adal Sultanate - Muhammad ibn Badlay, Sultan (1445 - 1471)
- Ethiopia - Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (1434-1468)
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- Aztec Empire - Moctezuma I, Aztec Emperor (1440-1469)
- Inca Empire
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This is the calendar for any common year starting on Thursday (dominical letter D). Examples: Gregorian years 2009 & 2003 or Julian year 1915 (see bottom tables).
A common year is a year with 365 days, i.e. not a leap year.
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A common year is a year with 365 days, i.e. not a leap year.
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Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the
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February 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Events
- 672 - Death of Saint Chad, whose feast day this is.
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Battle of Mortimer's Cross was fought on February 2, 1461 near Wigmore, Herefordshire (between Hereford and Leominster, by the River Lugg). It was part of the Wars of the Roses.
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Edward IV
By the Grace of God, King of England
and France and Lord of Ireland.
Reign March 3, 1461 – 31 October, 1470
and April 11, 1471 – April 9, 1483
Coronation June 28, 1461
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By the Grace of God, King of England
and France and Lord of Ireland.
Reign March 3, 1461 – 31 October, 1470
and April 11, 1471 – April 9, 1483
Coronation June 28, 1461
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Owyn ap Maredudd (or Owyn ap Meredith ap Tydir or Owyn Tydir or Owen Tudor) (c. 1400 – February 2, 1461) was a Welsh soldier and courtier, directly descended from The Lord Rhys but remembered only because of his role in
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Jasper Tudor (Welsh: Siasbar Tudur): c. 1431 – December 21/26, 1495, Earl of Pembroke and 1st Duke of Bedford, was the uncle of King Henry VII of England and the architect of his successful conquest of England and Wales in 1485.
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