1469
year
1469 (MCDLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1469th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 469th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 15th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1469, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s – 1460s – 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1466 1467 1468 – 1469 – 1470 1471 1472 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1469 MCDLXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2222 |
| Armenian calendar | 918 ԹՎ ՋԺԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6219 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1390–1391 |
| Bengali calendar | 876 |
| Berber calendar | 2419 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Edw. 4 – 9 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2013 |
| Burmese calendar | 831 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6977–6978 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 4165 or 4105 — to — 己丑年 (Earth Ox) 4166 or 4106 |
| Coptic calendar | 1185–1186 |
| Discordian calendar | 2635 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1461–1462 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5229–5230 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1525–1526 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1390–1391 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4569–4570 |
| Holocene calendar | 11469 |
| Igbo calendar | 469–470 |
| Iranian calendar | 847–848 |
| Islamic calendar | 873–874 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōnin 3 / Bunmei 1 (文明元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1385–1386 |
| Julian calendar | 1469 MCDLXIX |
| Korean calendar | 3802 |
| Minguo calendar | 443 before ROC 民前443年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 1 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2011–2012 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) 1595 or 1214 or 442 — to — 阴土牛年 (female Earth-Ox) 1596 or 1215 or 443 |
Events
change- March 20 – The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last battle fought between the private armies of feudal lords.
- July 26 – War of the Roses – Battle of Edgecote Moor: the House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.
- October 17 – Prince Ferdinand of Aragon weds Princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
- Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange for help in a war against the Swiss.
- Uzun Hassa wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said.
- Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence.
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
- James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark.
Births
changeDeaths
change- December 2 – Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
- Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan