1460s

Decade 146 The 1460s decade ran from January 1, 1460, to December 31, 1469. 146 Significant people Charles I (the Bold) (1433–1477), Duke of Burgundy, r. 1467–1477 Jean Fouquet of France (1420–1481), painter Francis II (1433–1488), Duke of Brittany, r. 1458–1488 Gendun Drup of Tibet (1391–1474), First Dalai Lama Diogo Gomes of Portugal (1420–1485), navigator, explorer and writer Johannes Gutenberg of Mainz (1395?–1468), printer and inventor of the movable type printing press Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal (1394–1460), Portuguese prince and patron of exploration William Herbert of Wales (1423–1469), Pro-York nobleman Sir Thomas Malory of England (1405?–1471), soldier, member of Parliament, political prisoner, and author of Le Morte d'Arthur Richard Neville of England (1428–1471), nobleman, administrator, and military commander Demetrios Palaiologos of Morea (1407–1470), Byzantine Prince and Despot of Morea Thomas Palaiologos of Morea (1409–1465), Byzantine Prince and Despot of Morea Philip III (the Good) (1396–1467), Duke of Burgundy, r. 1419–1467 Richard Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester (1452–1483), English Prince, Yorkist commander, and future King of England Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York of England (1411-1460), nobleman, military commander, and Yorkist claimant to the Throne of England Mar Shimun IV, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East (Patriarchate then based in Mosul), held position 1437–1497 Tlacaelel (1397-1487), Tlacochcalcatl of the Aztec Empire Jasper Tudor of Wales (c.1431–1495), nobleman and adventurer Owen Tudor of Wales (c.1400–1461), soldier and courtier at the court of the English Kings Andrea del Verrocchio of Florence (1435–1488), painter, sculptor, and goldsmith 146 References