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Year '1466' was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1466

Births

Deaths

Events of 1466

★ Chimú Empire conquered by troops of the Inca

★ End of term for Regent of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna. He is replaced by Erik Axelsson Tott.

★ August 26 - A conjure against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is discovered in Florence.

★ October 19 - The Thirteen Years' War ends with the Second Treaty of Toruń. Gdansk Pomerania and Prussia as a whole is incorporated into Poland; the Teutonic Knights are allowed to rule its eastern part as Polish vassals.

★ The first printed German language bible is produced.

Births

★ February 11 - Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (died 1503)

★ June 18 - Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (died 1539)

★ August 10 - Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (died 1519)

★ September 9 - Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (died 1523)

★ October 27 - Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (died 1536)

★ November 30 - Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (died 1560)

★ ''probable''

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★ Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (died 1520)

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★ Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (died 1515)

Deaths

★ March 8 - Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (born 1401)

★ October 30 - Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)

★ December 13 - Donatello, Italian artist (born 1386)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (born 1415)

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★ Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate

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★ Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman

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★ Nicolaus Zacharie, composer