Editing 1466

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1466''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXVI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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* The [[Kingdom of Georgia]] collapses into anarchy, and fragments into rival states of [[Kingdom of Kartli (1484-1762)|Kartli]], [[Kingdom of Kakheti|Kakheti]], [[Kingdom of Imereti|Imereti]], [[Samtskhe-Saatabago]] and a number of principalities; this breakup is finalised in [[1490]], when [[Constantine II of Georgia]] has to recognize his rival monarchies.
* The Mentelin Bible, the first [[Printing|printed]] [[German language]] [[Bible]], is produced.
* [[Louis XI of France]] introduces [[silk]] [[weaving]] to [[Lyon]].<ref>{{cite book|author-link=James Burke (science historian)|first=James|last=Burke|title=Connections|location=London|publisher=Macmillan|year=1978|isbn=0-333-24827-9}}</ref>
* The first known shop specialising in [[eyeglasses]] opens in [[Strasbourg]].
* The second largest bell of [[Saint Peter's Church, Fritzlar]], in Hesse, is cast by Meister Goswin aus Fritzlar.</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 11]] &ndash; [[Elizabeth of York]], queen of [[Henry VII of England]] (d. [[1503]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Gregory XIV {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gregory-XIV |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=11 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* May &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Hesse-Marburg]], German landgravine (d. [[1523]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Schutte |first=O. |editor-last=Tamse |editor-first=C.A. |date=1979 |chapter=Genealogische gegevens |title=Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis |language=nl |location=[[Alphen aan den Rijn]] |publisher=A.W.&nbsp;Sijthoff |page=42 |isbn=90-218-2447-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Dek |first=A.W.E. |date=1970 |title=Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau |language=nl |location=[[Zaltbommel]] |publisher=Europese Bibliotheek |page=70 }}</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Marino Sanuto the Younger]], Italian historian (d. [[1536]])
* [[June 18]] &ndash; [[Ottaviano Petrucci]], Italian music printer (d. [[1539]])
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Sforza]], Italian noble (d. [[1510]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua]] (d. [[1519]])
* [[September 9]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshitane]], Japanese shōgun (d. [[1523]])
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Erasmus]], Dutch philosopher (d. [[1536]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joy Palmer|author2=Liora Bresler|author3=David Cooper|title=Fifty Major Thinkers on Education: From Confucius to Dewey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fFLhvQau0xkC&pg=PA36|date=11 September 2002|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-134-73594-5|pages=36}}</ref>
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cattani da Diacceto]], Florentine philosopher (d. [[1522]])
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings]], English noble (d. [[1506]])
* [[November 30]] &ndash; [[Andrea Doria]], Genoese ''condottiero'' and admiral (d. [[1560]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TLbvvjrzXe8C&pg=PA291|year=1991|publisher=Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy|isbn=978-0-16-002055-1|pages=291}}</ref>
* ''Probable'' &ndash; [[Moctezuma II]], Aztec ''[[Tlatoani]]'' (ruler) of [[Tenochtitlán]] (modern Mexico City), 1502–1520, son of [[Axayacatl]]  (d. [[1520]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/moctezuma_ii.htm|publisher=Biografias y Vidas|title=Moctezuma II|language=es|access-date=June 1, 2019}}
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== Deaths ==
* [[February 23]] &ndash; Girishawardhana Dyah Suryawikrama, 9th Maharaja of [[Majapahit]]
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Alvise Loredan]], Venetian admiral and statesman (b. [[1393]])
* [[March 8]] &ndash; [[Francesco I Sforza]], Duke of Milan (b. [[1401]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Francesco Sforza {{!}} duke of Milan [1401–1466]|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francesco-Sforza-duke-of-Milan-1401-1466|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; [[Hacı I Giray]], first ruler of the Crimean Khanate (b. [[1397]])
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Johann Fust]], German printer (b. c. [[1400]])
* [[December 13]] &ndash; [[Donatello]], Italian artist (b. [[1386]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Donatello {{!}} Italian sculptor|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Donatello|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=2018-07-22|language=en}}</ref>
* Date unknown
** [[Barbara Manfredi]], Italian noblewoman (b. [[1444]])
** [[Isotta Nogarola]], Italian writer and intellectual  (b. [[1418]])<ref>Tom Streissguth, ''The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of the Renaissance'' (Farmington Hills, Michigan: Greenhaven Press, 2008), pp. 229–30.</ref>
** [[Nicolaus Zacharie]], Italian composer (b. c. 1400)

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