1461

Years: 1458 1459 1460 - 1461 - 1462 1463 1464
Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

1461 by topic
Arts and science
Architecture - Art
Politics
State leaders - Sovereign states
Birth and death categories
Births - Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
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**1461 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1461 MCDLXI
Ab urbe condita	2214
Armenian calendar	910 ԹՎ ՋԺ
Bahá'í calendar	-383 – -382
Buddhist calendar	2005
Chinese calendar	4097/4157-intercalary 11-20 (庚辰年閏十一月二十日) — to — 4098/4158-11-30 (辛巳年十一月三十日)
Ethiopian calendar	1453 – 1454
Hebrew calendar	5221 – 5222
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1516 – 1517
- Shaka Samvat	1383 – 1384
- Kali Yuga	4562 – 4563
Holocene calendar	11461
Iranian calendar	839 – 840
Islamic calendar	865 – 866
Japanese calendar	Kanshō 2 (寛正2年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2121 (皇紀2121年)
- Jōmon Era	11461
Julian calendar	1506
Korean calendar	3794
Thai solar calendar	2004
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[edit] Events

February 2 - Battle of Mortimer's Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales.
February 17 - Second Battle of St Albans - The Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under Queen Margaret, who recovers control of her husband.
March 4 - The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King Edward IV of England
March 29 - Battle of Towton - Edward IV defeats Queen Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne. Thought to be the bloodiest battle ever fought in England.
Edward, Richard of York's son, crowned as Edward IV, King of England (reigns until 1483)
August 15 - The Empire of Trebizond, the last major Romano-Greek outpost falls to the Ottoman Empire under Mehmed II after a siege of 21 days.
Cirencester Grammar School founded in south-west England by the Bishop of Durham
Louis XI of France succeeds Charles VII of France as king (reigns until 1483)
Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli become students of Verrocchio
Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is founded by the Ottomans
François Villon: Le Grand Testament
Donatello: Judith and Holofernes