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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1469''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 4]] &ndash;  [[Battle of Qarabagh]]: [[Uzun Hasan]] decisively defeats the [[Timurid dynasty|Timurids]] of [[Abu Sa'id Mirza]].
* [[July 24]] &ndash; [[Battle of Edgcote]]: Yorkists are defeated and, in the aftermath, King [[Edward IV of England]] is taken prisoner.<ref>{{cite book|author=Keith Dockray|title=Edward IV: A Sourcebook|url=https://books.,google.com/books?id=ZvdoAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Sutton Pub.|isbn=978-0-7509-1942-5|page=65}}</ref>
* [[August]]–[[October]] &ndash; [[Caister Castle]] in England is besieged by [[John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk]].
* [[October 19]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] marries [[Isabella I of Castile]] in [[Valladolid]], bringing about a [[History of Spain#Dynastic union of the Catholic Monarchs|dynastic union]].<ref>{{cite book|author=[[Norman Davies]]|title=Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z4G_Cz9TF88C&pg=RA2-PR1|year=2011|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=978-0-14-196048-7|pages=2}}</ref>

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Sigismund of Austria]] sells Upper-Elsass ([[Alsace]]) to [[Charles the Bold]], in exchange for aid in a war against the [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss]].
* [[Moctezuma I]], [[Aztec]] ruler of [[Tenochtitlan]], dies and is succeeded by [[Axayacatl]].
* [[Anglo-Hanseatic War]] breaks out.
* [[Marsilio Ficino]] completes his translation of the collected works of [[Plato]], writes ''Commentary on Plato's Symposium on Love'', and starts to work on ''Platonic Theology''.

== Births ==
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Elia Levita]], Renaissance Hebrew grammarian (d. [[1549]])
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Thomas Cajetan]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1534]])
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Cecily of York]], English princess (d. [[1507]])
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Guru Nanak]], Sikh guru (d. [[1539]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh|title=Sikhism|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=k0s2dUUMHbkC&pg=PA20|year=2004|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-1-4381-1779-9|pages=20}}</ref>
* [[April 29]] &ndash; [[William II, Landgrave of Hesse]] (d. [[1509]])
* [[May 3]] &ndash; [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], Italian historian and political author (d. [[1527]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Niccolò Machiavelli|title=The historical, political, and diplomatic writings of Niccolo Machiavelli, tr. by C.E. Detmold|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=37QIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR16|year=1882|pages=16}}</ref>
* [[May 31]] &ndash; King [[Manuel I of Portugal]] (d. [[1521]])
* [[June 20]] &ndash; [[Gian Galeazzo Sforza]], [[Duke of Milan]] (d. [[1494]])
* [[August 4]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Saxony, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg]] (d. [[1528]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; King [[Ferdinand II of Naples]] (d. [[1496]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[John III of Navarre]] (d. [[1516]])
** [[Silvio Passerini]], Italian politician (d. [[1529]])
** [[Laura Cereta]], Italian humanist and feminist (d. [[1499]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]], Portuguese explorer (d. [[1524]])

== Deaths ==
* [[May 30]] &ndash; [[Lope de Barrientos]], powerful [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] [[bishop]] and statesman  (b. [[1382]])
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers]] (executed) (b. [[1405]])
* [[September 25]] &ndash; [[Margaret of Brittany]], Breton duchess consort (b. [[1443]])
* [[October 8]]/[[October 10|10]] &ndash; [[Filippo Lippi]], Italian artist (b. [[1406]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Kathleen Kuiper|title=The 100 Most Influential Painters & Sculptors of the Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_jn79DlTR1QC&pg=PA69|year=2009|publisher=The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc|isbn=978-1-61530-004-4|pages=69}}</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (b. [[1416]])
* [[December 31]] &ndash; King [[Yejong of Joseon]] (b. [[1450]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Abu Sa'id Mirza]], ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (b. [[1424]])
** [[Niccolò Da Conti]], Italian merchant and explorer (b. [[1395]])
** [[Andrew Gray, 1st Lord Gray]] (b. c. [[1390]])
** [[Moctezuma I]], Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, son of [[Huitzilihuitl]] (b. [[1390]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/m/moctezuma_i.htm|publisher=Biografias y Vidas.com|title=Moctezuma I el Grande|language=es|trans-title=Moctezuma I the Great|access-date=June 1, 2019}}</ref>

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