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1462
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| 1462 by topic |
| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
1462 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1462
MCDLXII |
| Ab urbe condita |
2215 |
| Armenian calendar |
911
ԹՎ ՋԺԱ |
| Chinese calendar |
4158 – 4159
辛巳 – 壬午 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1454 – 1455 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5222 – 5223 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1517 – 1518 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1384 – 1385 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4563 – 4564 |
| Iranian calendar |
840 – 841 |
| Islamic calendar |
866 – 867 |
Events
- 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
Births
- February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (died 1516)
- June 27 - Louis XII of France (died 1515)
- Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (died 1535)
- Joan, princess of Castile (died 1530)
- Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (died 1510)
- Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (died 1521)
Deaths
- March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
- Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos
- Dai Jin, Chinese painter (b. 1388)
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