1462

Year '1462' was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1462

Births

Deaths

Events of 1462

★ Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.

★ March 28 - Death of Vasili II of Russia. Succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.

★ June 17 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in the Night Attack, and the latter is forced to retreat from Wallachia.

★ September 17 - Battle of Świecino, called also Battle of Żarnowiec, during Thirteen Years' War

★ Jews expelled from Mainz, Germany

Births

★ January 2 - Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (died 1521)

★ February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (died 1516)

★ June 27 - Louis XII of France (died 1515)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Joanna La Beltraneja, princess of Castile (died 1530)

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★ Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (died 1535)

★ ''probable'' - Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (died 1510)

Deaths

★ February 26 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (born 1408)

★ March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Esen Buqa II, King of Moghulistan

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★ Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos

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★ Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)