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1468 right horizontal 300 Henry IV of Castile ruled 1454-1474.jpg Henry IV of Castile IsabellaofCastile03.jpg Isabella I of Castile September 19: King Enrique IV of Castile signs the Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando with his younger half-sister, designating her as the heiress to the throne. 1468 Year 1468 (MCDLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. Events January–March January 31 – Abu Al-Nasr Sayf ad-Din Al-Ashraf Qaitbay (generally referred to as "Qaitbay") is installed by Mamluk Egyptian nobles as the new Sultan of Egypt and Syria, the day after the Sultan Timurbugha had been removed after less than two months on the throne.Petry C. F. 1993 Twilight of Majesty: the reigns of the Mamlūk Sultans al-Ashrāf Qāytbāy and Qānṣūh al-Ghawrī in Egypt Seattle University of Washington Press 36–43 9780295973074 February 15 – The Earl of Desmond, Thomas FitzGerald, until recently the Kingdom of England's Lord Deputy of Ireland, is beheaded on orders of his successor, John Tiptoft, shortly after being arrested on accusations of treason against the Crown, then quickly tried and convicted in a show trial.https://books.google.com/books?id=zYwdY_H0LOoC&dq=February+1468+Desmond&pg=PA109 Lydon James 2012 The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present Taylor & Francis 109 9781134981502 February 16 – A "marriage treaty" is signed between representatives of the Kingdom of England and the Duchy of Burgundy, providing for the marriage of King Edward IV's sister, Margaret of York, to Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.Ross Charles 2023 Edward IV University of California Press 9780520322561 March 14 – King Edward IV ratifies the treaty permitting his sister to marry the Duke of Burgundy March 31 – King Matyas of Hungary issues a declaration of war against King Jiri of Bohemia, starting a war that will last 10 years.Engel Pál 2001 The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526 I.B. Tauris Publishers 304 1-86064-061-3 April–June April 1 – King Louis XI summons a meeting of France's parliament, the Estates-General, and obtains approval of all concessions he had previously made to the Kingdom of England, including those with reference to Normandy.François Guizot, The History of France from the Earliest Times to the Outbreak of the Revolution (S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1879) p.204 April 25 – At Stirling in Scotland, the Lord Boyd, the regent for King James III, enters an agreement for joint rule with the members of his council (the bishops of Glasgow and of Aberdeen, the earls of Argyll and of Arran, the provost of Lincluden, and Archibald Whitelaw) to co-operate in the governing of Scotland.Roland Tanner, The Late Medieval Scottish Parliament: Politics and the Three Estates, 1424–1488 (Birlinn, 2022) May 30 – After invading Syria, Shah Suwar, the Ottoman Governor of Dulkadir, triumphs in battle over various Mamluk Syrian governors and emirs and captures Kulaksiz.Yinanç Refet Dulkadir Beyliği 1989 Turkish Historical Society Press 9751601711 Ankara tr 21676736 64–66 The Governor of Damascus, Uzbek Bey, is seriously wounded but manages to escape. June 7 – King Edward IV of England gives royal assent to numerous laws passed by the English Parliament, including the Cloths Act, the Liveries Act and the Sheriffs Act.8° Edw. IV. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915526&seq=446 The Statutes of the Realm 1963 2: 1377 to 1509 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915526 HathiTrust 424–430 Dawsons of Pall Mall July–September July 24 – (5th waxing of Wagaung, 830 ME) At Pyay (now in Myanmar) Thihathura of Ava becomes the new Burmese King of Ava upon the death of his father, Narapati I of Ava.Royal Historical Commission of Burma Hmannan Yazawin 2 1832 Yangon my 2003 Ministry of Information, Myanmar July 30 – Catherine Cornaro is married by proxy to James II of Cyprus, beginning the Venetian conquest of Cyprus.Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus Liana De Girolami Cheney Liana Cheney Debra Barrett-Graves The Emblematic Queen Extra-Literary Representations of Early Modern Queenship Palgrave Macmillan 2013 August 14 – The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV after a seven-year siege.Taylor Arnold Harlech Castle 978-1-85760-257-9 2007 Cadw Cardiff, Wales August 26 – Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob, as Emperor of Ethiopia. September 8 – The Orkney Islands are pledged to Scotland by King Christian I of Kingdom of Norway in consideration of an agreement for the marriage of 16-year-old King James III of Scotland to Princess Margrete, King Christian's daughter, with the islands pledged as security against the payment of the dowry. As the money is never paid, the connection with the crown of Scotland becomes perpetual.Boyd, Robert Boyd, Lord 3 353-354 September 9 – At Hanseong, Prince Yi Hwang of the Joseon dynasty becomes the new King of Korea, taking the regnal name Yejong, upon the death of his father, King Sejo.Han Hee-Sook Women's Life during the Chosŏn Dynasty International Journal of Korean History 2004 6 159 https://ijkh.khistory.org/upload/pdf/6_05.pdf 17 January 2024 September 18 – The Great Council of the Republic of Venice curbs the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.Grubb James S. https://books.google.com/books?id=bhK9DwAAQBAJ&dq=1468+Venice+Council+republic&pg=PT35 Firstborn of Venice: Vicenza in the Early Renaissance State 2019 Johns Hopkins University Press 10 9781421431888 September 19 – In the Kingdom of Castile in Spain, near El Tiemblo, the "Treaty of the Bulls of Guisando" (Tratado de los Toros de Guisando) is signed between King Enrique IV the Impotent and his half-sister, Princess Isabella.Rubin Nancy https://books.google.com/books?id=SW_BIgAACAAJ Isabella of Castile: The First Renaissance Queen 1992 St. Martin's Press 978-0-312-08511-7 Chapters 8-9 en The treaty, executed at the ancient sculpture of bulls near Ávila, designates Isabella as heiress to the throne of Castile and León. She will become the Queen upon Enrique's death six years later. October–December October 14 – The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.Philippe de Commynes The Memoirs of Philip de Commines, Lord of Argenton: Containing the Histories of Louis XI, and Charles VIII. Kings of France and of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. https://books.google.com/books?id=ivtKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA130 1892 G. Bell and Sons 130 October 30 – Troops of Charles the Bold conduct the Sack of Liège. November 20 – The Hanseatic warship Hanneke Vrome capsizes and sinks off of the coast of Finland, killing its estimated 180 passengers and crew, along with a valuable cargo including 10,000 Rheingulden coins, equivalent to at least 34000 kg lb of gold.Rauno Koivusaari and Mikko Heikkilä: Suomen rannikon aarrelaivat (Treasure ships of the Finnish coast) (Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, 2000) 951-1-16734-0, p. 11 The ship had been sailing between the Hanseatic cities of Lübeck (in Germany) and Reval (now Tallinn, capital of Estonia) when it ran into a gale. December 9 – In the course of the "Boeckler War" in the Duchy of Bavaria-Munich, the troops of Duke Albert IV begin the siege of Weissenstein Castle in reprisal for the rebellion of Lord Eberwein von Degenburg. The troops, commanded by Georg of Lerchenfeld capture the castle before Christmas and burn it to the ground.Weißenstein Castle of the website of the House of Bavarian History Date unknown Fire breaks out at Metz Cathedral in France. Sonni Ali, king of the Songhai Empire, takes power over Timbuktu. Births February 29 – Pope Paul III (d. 1549)Paul III pope https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-III Encyclopedia Britannica 22 April 2019 en March 28 – Charles I, Duke of Savoy (d. 1490) April 27 – Frederick Jagiellon, Primate of Poland (d. 1503) May 31 – Philip, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1500) June 30 – John, Elector of Saxony (1525–1532) (d. 1532)John elector of Saxony https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-elector-of-Saxony Encyclopedia Britannica 20 October 2020 en July 24 – Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (d. 1524) August 3 – Albert I, Duke of Münsterberg-Oels, Count of Kladsko (d. 1511) August 26 – Bernardo de' Rossi, Italian bishop (d. 1527) December 21 – William Conyers, 1st Baron Conyers, English baron (d. 1524) date unknown Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538) Mir Chakar Khan Rind, Baloch chieftain (d. 1565) Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548) probable – Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish conquistador and explorer (d. 1515) Deaths thumb|110px|right|Johannes Gutenberg February 3 – Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. c.1398)Philip B. Meggs A History of Graphic Design https://books.google.com/books?id=dj1UAAAAMAAJ 9 September 1998 Wiley 978-0-471-29198-5 69 March 12 – Astorre II Manfredi, Italian noble (b. 1412) September 23 – Sejo of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1417) June 10 – Idris Imad al-Din, supreme leader of Tayyibi Isma'ilism, scholar and historian (b. 1392) Qutbuddin Tahera Idrīs ʿImād al-Dīn 2018 10.1163/1573-3912_ei3_COM_32368 June 14 – Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury June 30 – Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman July 5 – Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (b. 1453) September 26 – Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)Kenneth Meyer Setton The Papacy and the Levant, 1204-1571 https://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC&pg=PA282 1976 American Philosophical Society 978-0-87169-127-9 282 October 7 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417) October 28 – Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (b. 1425) November 24 – Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402) December 6 – Zanobi Strozzi, Italian painter (b. 1412) date unknown Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (b. 1419)Mediaevalia https://books.google.com/books?id=NAdmAAAAMAAJ 2000 Center for Medieval and Early Renaissance Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton 68 Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist (b. ca. 1395) Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399) Pomellina Fregoso, Monegaque regent (b. 1388 References