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Year '1469' was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1469

Births

Deaths

Events of 1469

★ July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor

★ October 19 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon marries 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 of aid in a war against the Swiss

★ Uzun Hassan wins in Persia and defeats Abu Sa'id

★ 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

★ February 13 - Elia Levita, Yiddish writer (died 1549)

★ May 3 - Niccolò Machiavelli, Italian historian and political author (died 1527)

★ May 31 - King Manuel I of Portugal (died 1521)

★ August 26 - King Ferdinand II of Naples (died 1496)

★ October 20 - Guru Nanak Dev, founder of Sikhism (died 1539)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ John III of Navarre (died 1516)

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★ Silvio Passerini, Italian politician (died 1529)

★ ''probable''

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★ Vasco da Gama, explorer (died 1524)

Deaths

★ May 30 - Lope de Barrientos —a powerful bishop in Castile (born 1389)

★ August 12 - Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (executed) (born 1412)

★ October 8 - Filippo Lippi, artist (born 1406)

★ December 2 - Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (born 1416)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (born 1424)

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★ Lope de Barrientos, powerful Castilian cleric (born 1382)

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★ Niccolò Da Conti, Italian merchant and explorer (born 1395)

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★ Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray

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★ Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan