What is 1461?
{{Year nav|1461}} {{Year in various calendars|1461}} {{Year article header|1461}} == Events == * [[February 2]] – [[Battle of Mortimer's Cross]] – Yorkist troops led by [[Edward IV of England|Edward, Duke of York]] defeat Lancastrians under [[Owen Tudor]] and his son [[Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke]] in Wales. * [[February 17]] – [[Second Battle of St Albans]] – The [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick|Earl of Warwick's]] army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under [[Margaret of Anjou|Queen Margaret]], who recovers control of her husband. * [[March 4]] – The Duke of York seizes London and proclaims himself King [[Edward IV of England]] * [[March 29]] – [[Battle of Towton]] – Edward IV defeats Queen Margaret to make good his claim to the English throne. Thought to be the bloodiest battle ever fought in England. * Edward, Richard of York's son, crowned as [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], King of [[England]] (reigns until [[1483]]) * [[August 15]] – The [[Empire of Trebizond]], the last major Romano-Greek outpost falls to the [[Ottoman Empire]] under [[Mehmed II]] after a siege of 21 days. * [[Louis XI of France]] succeeds [[Charles VII of France]] as king (reigns until [[1483]]) * [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Sandro Botticelli]] become students of [[Andrea del Verrocchio|Verrocchio]] * [[Sarajevo]], capital of [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]], is founded by the [[Ottomans]] * [[François Villon]]: ''Le Grand Testament'' * [[Donatello]]: ''Judith and Holofernes'' [[Category:1461| ]]