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Year '1468' was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1468

Births

Deaths

Events of 1468

★ August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia.

★ October 14 - The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.

★ The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV of England after a seven-year siege.

★ The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.

★ Completion of Metz Cathedral.

Births

★ February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549)

★ March 29 - Charles I of Savoy (died 1490)

★ June 30 - John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (died 1548)

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★ Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (1538)

Deaths

★ January 17 - Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (born 1405)

★ February 3 - Johannes Gutenberg, Inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (born 1398)

★ September 26 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)

★ October 7 - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (born 1417)

★ November 24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (born 1402)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (born 1419)

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★ Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist

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★ Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman

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★ Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury

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★ Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (born 1399)