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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1468''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXVIII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Catherine Cornaro]] is married by proxy to [[James II of Cyprus]], beginning the [[Venetian Cyprus|Venetian conquest of Cyprus]].
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia|Baeda Maryam]] succeeds his father Zara Yaqob, as Emperor of [[Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopia]].
* [[October 14]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Péronne (1468)|Treaty of Péronne]] is signed by [[Charles I, Duke of Burgundy|Charles the Bold]], Duke of Burgundy, and [[Louis XI of France]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippe de Commynes|title=The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI, and Charles VIII. Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ivtKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130|year=1892|publisher=G. Bell and Sons|pages=130}}</ref>
* [[October 30]] &ndash; Troops of [[Charles the Bold]] conduct the [[Wars of Liège#Third Liège war (1468)|Sack of Liège]]. 

=== Date unknown ===
* The [[House of Lancaster|Lancastrians]] surrender [[Harlech Castle]] to King [[Edward IV of England]] after a seven-year siege.
* The Great Council of the [[Republic of Venice]] attempts to curb the power of the [[Council of Ten]] through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
* [[Orkney]] is [[pledge (law)|pledged]] by [[Christian I of Denmark|Christian I]], in his capacity as [[King of Norway]], as security against the payment of the [[dowry]] of his daughter [[Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland|Margaret]], betrothed to [[James III of Scotland]]. As the money is never paid, the connection with the crown of Scotland becomes perpetual.
* Fire breaks out at [[Metz Cathedral]] in France.
* [[Sonni Ali]], king of the [[Songhai Empire]], takes power over [[Timbuktu]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 29]] &ndash; [[Pope Paul III]] (d. [[1549]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul III {{!}} pope |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-III |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=22 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 28]] &ndash; [[Charles I, Duke of Savoy]] (d. [[1490]])
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Frederick Jagiellon]], Primate of Poland (d. [[1503]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Philip, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen]], German prince (d. [[1500]])
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[John, Elector of Saxony]] (1525–1532) (d. [[1532]])<ref>{{cite web |title=John {{!}} elector of Saxony |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-elector-of-Saxony |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=20 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria]] (d. [[1524]])
* [[August 3]] &ndash; [[Albert I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels]], Count of Kladsko (d. [[1511]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Bernardo de' Rossi]], Italian bishop (d. [[1527]])
* [[December 21]] &ndash; [[William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers]], English baron (d. [[1524]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Marino Ascanio Caracciolo]], Italian cardinal (d. [[1538]])
** [[Mir Chakar Rind|Mir Chakar Khan Rind]], Baloch chieftain (d. [[1565]])
** [[Juan de Zumárraga]], Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. [[1548]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Alonso de Ojeda]], Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. [[1515]])

== Deaths ==
[[File:Gutenberg.jpg|thumb|110px|right|[[Johannes Gutenberg]]]]
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Johannes Gutenberg]], inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. c.[[1398]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Philip B. Meggs|title=A History of Graphic Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dj1UAAAAMAAJ|date=9 September 1998|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-0-471-29198-5|page=69}}</ref>
* [[March 12]] &ndash; [[Astorre II Manfredi]], Italian noble (b. [[1412]])
* [[September 23]] &ndash; [[Sejo of Joseon]], King of Joseon (b. [[1417]])
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[Idris Imad al-Din]], supreme leader of [[Tayyibi Isma'ilism]], scholar and historian (b. [[1392]])<ref>{{EI3 | last = Qutbuddin | first = Tahera | title = Idrīs ʿImād al-Dīn | year = 2018 | doi = 10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32368}}</ref>
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[Margaret Beauchamp, Countess of Shrewsbury|Margaret Beauchamp]], countess of Shrewsbury
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Lady Eleanor Talbot]], English noblewoman
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1453–1468)|Alfonso, Prince of Asturias]] (b. [[1453]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Juan de Torquemada (Cardinal)|Juan de Torquemada]], Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. [[1388]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kenneth Meyer Setton|title=The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC&pg=PA282|year=1976|publisher=American Philosophical Society|isbn=978-0-87169-127-9|pages=282}}</ref>
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta]], lord of Rimini (b. [[1417]])
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Bianca Maria Visconti]], Duchess of Milan (b. [[1425]])
* [[November 24]] &ndash; [[Jean de Dunois]], French soldier (b. [[1402]])
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Zanobi Strozzi]], Italian painter (b. [[1412]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Joanot Martorell]], Spanish writer (b. [[1419]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Mediaevalia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NAdmAAAAMAAJ|year=2000|publisher=Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton|page=68}}</ref>
** [[Francesco Squarcione]], Italian artist (b. ca. 1395)
** [[Zara Yaqob]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] (b. [[1399]])
** [[Pomellina Fregoso]], Monegaque regent (b. [[1388]]

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