1466

Year 1466 (MCDLXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.

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

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