1469 - Definition and Overview

Events

• July 26 - Battle of Edgecote Moor
• October 17 - Prince Ferdinand of Aragon wed 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 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

• Niccolo Machiavelli, historian and political author.
• Guru Nanak the founder of Sikhism
• May 30 - king Manuel I of Portugal

Deaths

• Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan