What is 1469?
{{Year nav|1469}} {{Year in various calendars|1469}} {{Year article header|1469}} == Events == * [[March 20]] – The [[Battle of Nibley Green]] in England is the last battle fought between the private armies of [[feudalism|feudal lords]]. * [[July 26]] – [[Wars of the Roses|War of the Roses]] – [[Battle of Edgecote Moor]]: the [[House of Lancaster]] defeats the [[House of York]]. * [[October 17]] – Prince [[Ferdinand II of Aragon|Ferdinand]] of [[Aragon]] weds Princess [[Isabella of Castile|Isabella]] of [[Castile]]. This event would lead to a unified [[Spain]] in [[1516]]. * [[Sigismund of Austria]] sells upper-Elsass ([[Alsace]]) to the [[Charles the Bold]] in exchange for help in a war against the [[Switzerland|Swiss]]. * [[Uzun Hassa]] wins in [[Iran|Persia]] and defeats [[Abu Said]]. * [[Lorenzo de' Medici]] takes power in [[Florence]]. * [[Moctezuma I]], [[Aztec]] ruler of [[Tenochtitlan]], dies and is succeeded by [[Axayacatl]]. * [[James III]] of Scotland acquires [[Orkney Islands|Orkney]] and [[Shetland Islands]] from [[Denmark]]. == Births == * [[April 15]] – [[Nanak Dev]] * [[May 3]] – [[Niccolò Machiavelli]] == Deaths == * [[December 2]] – [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (b. [[1416]]) * [[Moctezuma I]], [[Aztec]] ruler of [[Tenochtitlan]] [[Category:1469| ]]