Year 1467

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Year 1467 (MCDLXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

  • June 15 – Philip the Good is succeeded as Duke of Burgundy, by Charles the Bold.
  • October 29 – Battle of Brustem: Charles the Bold defeats the Prince-Bishopric of Liège.
  • October 30 or November 11 – Battle of Chapakchur: Uzun Hasan defeats Jahan Shah.
  • November 12 – Regent of Sweden Erik Axelsson Tott supports the re-election of deposed Charles VIII of Sweden to the throne.
  • December 15 – Battle of Baia: Troops under Stephen III of Moldavia decisively defeat the forces of Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary, at Baia (present-day Romania). This is the last Hungarian attempt to subdue the Principality of Moldavia.

Date unknown

  • Third Siege of Krujë: A few months after the failure of the second siege, Mehmed II leads another unsuccessful Ottoman invasion of Albania.
  • The Ōnin War (1467–1477), which initiates the Sengoku period (1467–1615) in Japan, begins.
  • While Hassan III of the Maldives is on Hajj, Sayyidh Muhammad deposes his son, acting regent. On his return, Hassan regains the throne.
  • Some papal abbreviators are arrested and tortured on the orders of Pope Paul II, among them Filippo Buonaccorsi.
  • King Matthias Corvinus founds the first university in Slovakia, the Universitas Istropolitana in Bratislava.
  • The first European polyalphabetic cipher is invented by Leon Battista Alberti (approximate date).
  • Juan de Torquemada’s book, Meditationes, seu Contemplationes devotissimae, is published.

Births

  • January – John Colet, English churchman and educational pioneer (d. 1519)
  • January 1
    • Philip of Cleves, Bishop of Nevers, Amiens, Autun (d. 1505)
    • Sigismund I the Old, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (d. 1548)
  • January 4
    • Henry the Younger of Stolberg, Stadtholder of Friesland (1506–1508) (d. 1508)
    • Bodo VIII, Count of Stolberg-Wernigerode (1511–1538) (d. 1538)
  • January 26 – Guillaume Budé, French scholar (d. 1540)
  • February 2 – Columba of Rieti, Italian Dominican tertiary Religious Sister (d. 1501)
  • March 19 – Bartolomeo della Rocca, Italian scholar (d. 1504)
  • March 21 – Caritas Pirckheimer, German nun (d. 1532)
  • May 8 – Adalbert of Saxony, Administrator of Mainz (1482–1484) (d. 1484)
  • May 31 – Sibylle of Brandenburg, Duchess of Jülich and Berg (d. 1524)
  • August 11 – Mary of York, daughter of King Edward IV of England (d. 1482)
  • August 25 – Francisco Fernández de la Cueva, 2nd Duke of Alburquerque, Spanish duke (d. 1526)
  • October 21 – Giovanni il Popolano, Italian diplomat (d. 1498)
  • November 9
    • Charles II, Duke of Guelders, Count of Zutphen from 1492 (d. 1538)
    • Philippa of Guelders, twin sister of Charles, Duke of Guelders, Duchess consort of Lorraine (d. 1547)
  • November 25 – Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Knight of Henry VIII of England (d. 1525)
  • date unknown
    • John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, English translator (d. 1553)
    • Krzysztof Szydłowiecki, Polish nobleman (d. 1532)
    • John Yonge, English ecclesiastic and diplomatist (d. 1516)
  • probable – William Latimer, English churchman and scholar (d. 1545)

Deaths

  • March 13 – Vettore Cappello, Venetian statesman
  • March 29 – Matthew Palaiologos Asen, Byzantine aristocrat and official
  • April 20 – Dorotea Gonzaga, Italian noble (b. 1449)
  • April 30 – John, Count of Angoulême (b. 1399)
  • June 15 – Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1396)
  • September 3 – Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress (b. 1434)
  • December 12 – Jošt of Rožmberk, Bishop of Breslau, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John (b. 1430)
  • December 15 – Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, archbishop and Regent of Sweden (b. 1417)
  • date unknown
    • Maria of Tver, Grand Princess consort of Muscovy, spouse of Ivan III of Russia (b. 1447)
    • Peter III Aaron, prince of Moldavia
    • Jahan Shah, leader of Turkmen
    • Khan Xälil of Kazan