Editing 1461 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]]: Yorkist troops led by [[Edward IV of England|Edward, Duke of York]] defeat Lancastrians under [[Owen Tudor]] and his son [[Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke]], in Wales.<ref name="Reid2007">{{cite book|author=Peter Reid|title=By Fire and Sword: The Rise and Fall of English Supremacy at Arms, 1314-1485|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tTugAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Constable|isbn=978-1-84529-526-4|page=398}}</ref>
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Second Battle of St Albans]], England: The [[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick]]'s army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under [[Margaret of Anjou|Queen Margaret]], who recovers control for her husband.<ref name="BurleyElliott2013">{{cite book|author1=Peter Burley|author2=Michael Elliott|author3=Harvey Watson|title=The Battles of St Albans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=43Z-AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT150|date=9 September 2013|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=978-1-4738-1903-0|pages=150}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] &ndash; The Duke of York seizes London, and proclaims himself King [[Edward IV of England]].
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Wars of the Roses]]: [[Henry VI of England]] is deposed by [[Edward IV of England|Edward, Duke of York]].
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[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).
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia|Stephen Tomašević]] becomes the last [[King of Bosnia]], on the death of his father [[Stephen Thomas of Bosnia|Stephen Thomas]]; he is crowned on [[November 17]], in [[Saint Mary's Church, Jajce]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; Edward, Richard of York's son, is crowned as [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], King of England (reigns until [[1483]]).
* [[July]] &ndash; [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] general [[Graitzas Palaiologos]] honourably surrenders [[Salmeniko Castle]], the last garrison of the [[Despotate of the Morea]], to invading forces of the [[Ottoman Empire]], after a year-long siege.
* [[July 22]] &ndash; [[Louis XI of France]] succeeds [[Charles VII of France]] as king (reigns until [[1483]]).
* [[August 7]] &ndash; The [[Ming Dynasty]] Chinese military general [[Rebellion of Cao Qin|Cao Qin stages a coup]] against the [[Zhengtong Emperor|Tianshun Emperor]]; after setting fire to the eastern and western gates of the [[Imperial City, Beijing]] (which are doused by pouring rains during the day-long uprising), Cao Qin finds himself hemmed in on all sides by imperial forces, loses three of his own brothers in the fight, and instead of facing execution, he flees to his home in the city, and commits suicide by jumping down a well located within his walled compound.
* [[August 15]] &ndash; The [[Empire of Trebizond]], the last major Romano-Greek outpost, falls to the [[Ottoman Empire]] under [[Mehmed II]], after a [[Siege of Trebizond (1461)|21-day siege]].
* [[November 27]] &ndash; [[1461 L'Aquila earthquake]]. A severe earthquake occurs in [[L'Aquila]].

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* [[Cirencester Grammar School]] is founded in southwest England by the [[Bishop of Durham]].
* [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Sandro Botticelli]] become students of [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]].
* [[Sarajevo]], capital of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], is founded by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]].
* [[François Villon]] writes ''[[Le Grand Testament]]''.
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