1466

1466 (MCDLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1466th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 466th year of the 2nd millennium, the 66th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1466, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1430s  1440s  1450s  – 1460s –  1470s  1480s  1490s
Years:	1463 1464 1465 – 1466 – 1467 1468 1469

1466 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1466 MCDLXVI
Ab urbe condita	2219
Armenian calendar	915 ԹՎ ՋԺԵ
Assyrian calendar	6216
Balinese saka calendar	1387–1388
Bengali calendar	873
Berber calendar	2416
English Regnal year	5 Edw. 4 – 6 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar	2010
Burmese calendar	828
Byzantine calendar	6974–6975
Chinese calendar	乙酉年 (Wood Rooster) 4162 or 4102     — to — 丙戌年 (Fire Dog) 4163 or 4103
Coptic calendar	1182–1183
Discordian calendar	2632
Ethiopian calendar	1458–1459
Hebrew calendar	5226–5227
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1522–1523
- Shaka Samvat	1387–1388
- Kali Yuga	4566–4567
Holocene calendar	11466
Igbo calendar	466–467
Iranian calendar	844–845
Islamic calendar	870–871
Japanese calendar	Kanshō 7 / Bunshō 1 (文正元年)
Javanese calendar	1382–1383
Julian calendar	1466 MCDLXVI
Korean calendar	3799
Minguo calendar	446 before ROC 民前446年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2
Thai solar calendar	2008–2009
Tibetan calendar	阴木鸡年 (female Wood-Rooster) 1592 or 1211 or 439     — to — 阳火狗年 (male Fire-Dog) 1593 or 1212 or 440

Events

January–December

• June – Second Siege of Krujë: Mehmed II leads an army of 150,000 to stop the Albanian resistance by taking Krujë. The Albanians stop him and the Ottoman army leaves from Albania.
• August 26 – A conspiracy against Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, led by Luca Pitti and Borso d'Este, is discovered and put down in Florence.
• October 19 – The Thirteen Years' War ends

Date unknown

• The Chimú Empire is conquered by troops of the Inca.
• Erik Axelsson Tott replaces Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna as Regent of Sweden.
• The first printed German language Bible is made.
• Louis XI of France introduces silk weaving to Lyon.
• Kingdom of Georgia ends. Rival states of Kartli, Kakheti, Imereti, Samtskhe-Saatabago start.

Births

• February 11 – Elizabeth of York, queen of Henry VII of England (d. 1503)
• June 18 – Ottaviano Petrucci, Italian music printer (d. 1539)
• August 10 – Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (d. 1519)
• September 9 – Ashikaga Yoshitane, Japanese shogun (d. 1523)
• October 27 – Erasmus, Dutch philosopher (d. 1536)
• November 30 – Andrea Doria, Italian naval leader (d. 1560)
• probable
  • Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlán (d. 1520)
  • Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515)
    • Laura Bowen, founder of the nursing profession.

Deaths

• March 8 – Francesco I Sforza, Duke of Milan (b. 1401)
• October 30 – Johann Fust, German printer (b. c. 1400)
• December 13 – Donatello, Italian artist (b. 1386)
• date unknown
  • Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (b. 1415)
  • Hacı I Giray, first ruler of the Crimean Khanate
  • Barbara Manfredi, Italian noblewoman
  • Nicolaus Zacharie, composer