Editing 1464

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1464''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXIV]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January–December ===
* [[April 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hedgeley Moor]] in [[Kingdom of England|England]]: Yorkist forces under [[John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu|John Neville]] defeat the Lancastrians under Sir [[Ralph Percy]], who is killed.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last1=Palmer|first1=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=128–131|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Edward IV of England]] secretly marries [[Elizabeth Woodville]], and keeps the marriage a secret for five months afterwards.<ref name=CBH/>
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Battle of Hexham]]: Neville defeats another Lancastrian army, this one led by King [[Henry VI of England|Henry]] and [[Margaret of Anjou|Queen Margaret]] themselves. This marks the end of organized Lancastrian resistance for several years.<ref>{{cite book|author=Clive Kristen|title=Battle Trails of Northumbria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fjq6BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT49|date=10 June 2014|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=978-1-84989-438-8|pages=49}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] &ndash; A 15-year-truce between the kingdoms of [[Kingdom of England|England]] and [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] is signed.<ref name=CBH/>
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] himself shoulders the cross of the [[Crusades]], and departs for [[Ancona]] to participate in person. He names [[Skanderbeg]] general captain of the [[Holy See]], under the title [[Athleta Christi]]. This plan forces Skanderbeg to break his ten-year peace treaty with the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] signed in [[1463]], by attacking their forces near [[Ohrid]].
* [[June 23]] &ndash; [[Christian I of Denmark]] and [[Norway]], who is also serving as [[List of Swedish monarchs|King of Sweden]], is declared deposed from the latter throne. His deposed predecessor [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] is re-elected to the throne on [[August 9]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Hanazono]] of Japan abdicates, and is succeeded by his son, [[Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado]].
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul II]] succeeds [[Pope Pius II]], as the 211th [[pope]].<ref name="GieselerGieseler1855">{{cite book|author1=Johann Carl Ludwig Gieseler|author2=John C. L. Gieseler|title=A Text-book of Church History: A.D. 1305-1517|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pIEeAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA265|year=1855|publisher=Harper|pages=265–}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* In [[China]], a small rebellion occurs in the interior province of [[Huguang]], during the [[Ming Dynasty]]; a subsequent rebellion springs up in [[Guangxi]], where a rebellion of the [[Miao people]] and [[Yao people]] forces the Ming throne to respond, by sending 30,000 troops (including 1,000 [[Mongol]] cavalry) to aid the 160,000 local troops stationed in the region, to crush the rebellion that will end in [[1466]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pg5Qi28akwEC&q=miao+and+yao+tribes+rebel&pg=PA43 |title=Columbia Chronologies of Asian History and Culture - Google Books |first=John Stewart|last= Bowman|publisher=Columbia University Press|year=2000|isbn=9780231110044 | access-date = 9 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.san.beck.org/3-7-MingEmpire.html#2 | title = Ming Empire 1368-1644 by Sanderson Beck | first= Sanderson | last= Beck | work = san.beck.org | year = 2010 | access-date = 9 November 2014 }}</ref>
* Jehan Lagadeuc writes a Breton-French-Latin dictionary called the ''[[Catholicon (trilingual dictionary)|Catholicon]]''. It is the first French dictionary as well as the first Breton dictionary of world history, and it will be published in [[1499]].
* [[Tenguella]], the founder of the [[Empire of Great Fulo]], becomes chief of the [[Fula people]].
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== Births ==
* [[April 23]]
** [[Robert Fayrfax]], English Renaissance composer (d. [[1521]])
** [[Joan of France, Duchess of Berry]] (d. [[1505]])
* [[May 6]] &ndash; [[Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach]], Polish princess (d. [[1512]])
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Barbara of Brandenburg (1464–1515)|Barbara of Brandenburg]], Bohemian queen (d. [[1515]])
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Ernst II of Saxony]], Archbishop of Magdeburg (1476–1513) and Administrator of Halberstadt (1480–1513) (d. [[1513]])
* [[July 1]] &ndash; [[Clara Gonzaga]], Italian noble (d. [[1503]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Kashiwabara]] of Japan (d. [[1526]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Nezahualpilli]], Aztec ruler (d. [[1515]])
** [[Philippe Villiers de L'Isle-Adam]], Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers (d. [[1534]])

== Deaths ==
* January &ndash; [[Desiderio da Settignano]], Italian sculptor (b. c. 1428 or 1430)
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Zhengtong Emperor]] of China (b. [[1427]])
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Poděbrady]], Hungarian queen consort (b. [[1449]])
* [[May 15]] &ndash; [[Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset]] (executed) (b. [[1436]])
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]], English politician (executed) (b. [[1427]])
* [[May 25]] &ndash; [[Charles I, Count of Nevers]] (b. [[1414]])
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Rogier van der Weyden]], Flemish painter (b. 1399 or 1400)
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Cosimo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (b. [[1389]])
* [[August 11]] &ndash; [[Nicholas of Cusa]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. [[1401]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[John Capgrave]], English historian and theologian (b. [[1393]])
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Pope Pius II]] (b. [[1405]])<ref name="GieselerGieseler1855"/>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Otto III, Duke of Pomerania]]-Stettin (1460–1464) (b. [[1444]])
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Bernardo Rossellino]], Italian sculptor and architect (b. [[1409]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Benedetto Accolti the Elder]], Italian jurist and historian (b. [[1415]])
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach]] (b. [[1406]])
* [[November 23]] &ndash; [[Blessed Margaret of Savoy]] (b. [[1382]] or 1390)
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Blanche II of Navarre]] (b. [[1424]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Fra Mauro]], Venetian Camaldolese monk, cartographer and accountant (b. c. 1400)

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