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1463 horizontal 2/2 250 Pio II Pont Max (detail).jpg Bellini, Gentile - Sultan Mehmet II.jpg center September 12: Pope Pius II calls for crusade against Sultan Mehmed II1463 Year 1463 (MCDLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1463rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 463rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1460s decade. Events January–March January 5 – French poet François Villon receives a reprieve from death by hanging, and is banished from Paris (his further life is undocumented). February 6 – Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Göttingen, a semi-independent principality within the Holy Roman Empire, dies after a reging of more than 68 years. Because Otto has no heirs, the Principality of Göttingen comes to an end and is annexed by the principality of Calenberg.24 685 686 Otto der Einäugige Paul Zimmermann ADB:Otto der Einäugige February 22 – At the University of Cambridge in England, Henry Abyngdon becomes the first person in the world to receive a degree of Bachelor of MusicABNN463H Abyngton, Henry, Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge. March 10 – Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset receives a general pardon from King Edward IV of England after having had his lands confiscated for his support of King Henry VI in the War of the Roses.Pollard 1901a Albert Frederick Beaufort, Henry (1436–1464) I 157–158 Beaufort's renewed status lasts only until the Battle of Hexham 14 months later and he is beheaded on May 15, 1464. March 26 – By order of Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire, David Komnenos, the last Emperor of Trebizond, is arrested at Adrianople and put in jail along with his sons Basil, Manuel and Georgios and his nephew Alexios, on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the Ottoman imperial government.William Miller, "The Chronology of Trebizond", The English Historical Review (1923), p. 410 April–June April 3 – The Ottoman Army under the command of Isa Bey Ishaković captures the town of Argos, located in Greece but territory of the Republic of Venice, prompting concerns that the Ottoman Empire intends to spread their conquests to the Italian peninsula.Setton Kenneth M. Hazard Harry W. Zacour Norman P. 1989 A History of the Crusades, Volume VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe University of Wisconsin Press 241–243 0-299-10740-X April 28 – Pope Pius issues the papal bull In Minoribus Agnetes, retracting his earlier complaint against the late Pope Eugene IV and endorsing the previous work at the Council of Basel.Carolus Fea (ed.), Pius II. Pont. Max. a calumniis vindicatus ternis retractationibus eius quibus dicta et scripta pro concilio Basileensi contra Eugenium PP. IV. eiuravit., pp. 148-164, at p. 152. Gregorovius, History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages. Volume 7, Part 1, p. 171. May 19 – Battle of Ključ (1463): Under the leadership of General Mahmud Pasha Angelović, the Ottomans begin the siege of the city of Babovac while King Stephen of Bosnia flees to the Jajce fortress. May 25 – The Kingdom of Bosnia falls to the Ottoman Empire as the last monarch, King Stephen Tomašević, is captured and executed by orders of the Sultan Mehmed II. According to the chronicle of Benedetto Dei, the Sultan himself carries out the beheading.Babinger Franz Franz Babinger Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time Princeton University Press Princeton NJ 1992 220–222 0-691-01078-1 June 18 – The free imperial city of Rottweil, part of the Holy Roman Empire and now a part of Germany, becomes an associate state of the Swiss Confederacy.Hecht Winfried The Julius Banner of the Village of Rottweil https://www.e-periodica.ch/digbib/view?pid=gfr-001:1973:126::424#149 Der Geschichtsfreund: Mitteilungen des Historischen Vereins der Fünf Orte Luzern, Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden und Zug 1973 126-127 141 10.5169/seals-118647 2019-01-25 July–September July 19 – The Treaty of Wiener Neustadt is signed between the Kingdom of Hungary and the Holy Roman Empire.Pál Engel Andrew Ayton Tamás Pálosfalvi The realm of St. Stephen: a history of medieval Hungary, 895-1526 https://books.google.com/books?id=vEJNBqanT_8C&pg=PA309 I. B. Tauris London, United Kingdom 2005 1-85043-977-X 309–310 July 28 – The Senate of the Republic of Venice votes to declare war on the Ottoman Empire. July 30 – In India, Muhammad Shah III Lashkari becomes the new ruler of the Bahmani Sultanate upon the death of his older brother, the Sultan Nizam-Ud-Din Ahmad III at Bidar (now in the state of Karnataka) .Sherwani Haroon Khan https://books.google.com/books?id=3kIeAAAAMAAJ The Bahmanis of the Deccan 1985 Munshiram Manoharlal 291 August 1 – The Importation Act 1463, given royal assent on April 29 by King Edward IV goes into effect, setting a minimum price for imported grain at 6 shillings, 8 pence per unit.William Cunningham, The Growth of English Industry and Commerce during the Early and Middle Ages. Fifth Edition (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1915), p. 407. The legislation had been passed to encourage the purpose of farmers raising grain in England. August 14 – Upon the death of his father, Mani' ibn Rabi'a al-Muraydi, Rabi'a ibn Mani' al-Muraydi becomes the new ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah at its capital, Diriyah, near Riyadh in what is now Saudi Arabia.Munir al-Ajlani, History of Saudi Arabia, Part One: The First Saudi State (in Arabic) (2nd ed.).(Riyadh, 1933) pp. 53–54. Mani's descendants in the House of Saud, most notably Mani's great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson Ibn Saud, become the founders of Saudi Arabia. August 20 – The Republic of Venice renews its 1448 peace treaty with Albania, pledging that any treaty between Venice and the Ottoman Empire will include a guarantee of Albanian independence. The amended treaty also guarantees the presence of Venetian Navy ships in the Adriatic Sea to protect Albania, as well as the right to asylum in Venice for Albanians.Noli Fan S. Fan S. Noli 1947 George Castrioti Scanderbeg (1405–1468) International Universities Press New York 35–36 732882 September 12 – Pope Pius II calls for all Christians to participate in a crusade against the Ottoman Empire. September 15 – Battle of Vistula Lagoon: The navy of the Prussian Confederation defeats that of the Teutonic Order. October–December October 8 – The Truce of Hesdin ends French support for the House of Lancaster in England.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 128–131 0-7126-5616-2 October 22 – Pope Pius II issues the papal bull Ezechielis prophetae, offering an indulgence to any Christians who take part in a crusade against the Ottoman Empire for at least six months or who donate funds to support it.Ludwig Pastor, The History of the Popes from the Close of the Middle Ages, Volume III (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, & Co., 1894), p. 332. November 1 – The last emperor of Trebizond, David Megas Komnenos, is beheaded in Constantinople two years after his capture by the Ottoman Empire, by orders of the Sultan Mehmed II, in addition to his sons Basil and Manuel and his daughter Anna (who had been a concubine of the Sultan) and two other people.Jackson Williams Kelsey 2006 A Genealogy of the Grand Komnenoi of Trebizond https://www.academia.edu/167375 Foundations 2 3 171–189 2023-11-08 2025-07-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20231108225832/https://www.academia.edu/167375 dead November 27 – Skanderbeg declares war on the Ottoman Empire and attacks its troops near Ohrid. December 1 – Mary of Guelders, Queen regent of Scotland for her 12-year-old son, King James III, dies at the age of 30, prompting the new regent, Bishop James Kennedy, to contact the former King Henry VI of England to mediate a peace between England and Scotland. Date unknown Muhammad Rumfa starts to rule in Kano. Corpus Hermeticum is translated into Latin, by Marsilio Ficino. Births January 17 Antoine Duprat, French cardinal (d. 1535) Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (d. 1525) February 24 – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (d. 1494)Clayton J. Drees The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary https://books.google.com/books?id=8jDfydG6ReAC&pg=PA400 2001 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-30588-7 400 June 14 – Henry IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, German noble (d. 1514) August 4 – Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, Florentine patron of the arts (d. 1503) September 29 – Louis I, Count of Löwenstein and founder of the House of Löwenstein-Wertheim (d. 1523) October 20 or October 29 – Alessandro Achillini, Bolognese philosopher (d. 1512)Herbert Stanley Matsen Alessandro Achillini (1463-1512) and His Doctrine of "universals" and "transcendentals": A Study in Renaissance Ockhamism https://books.google.com/books?id=cV9IqlBv83MC&pg=PA21 1974 Bucknell University Press 978-0-8387-1221-4 21 November 29 – Andrea della Valle, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1534) December 25 – Johann of Schwarzenberg, German judge and poet (d. 1528) date unknown – Caterina Sforza, countess and regent of Forli (d. 1509)Milligan Gerry Moral Combat: Women, Gender, and War in Italian Renaissance Literature 2018 University of Toronto Press 9781487503147 174 https://books.google.com/books?id=aRBaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174 en Deaths thumbnail|110px|right|Saint Catherine of Bologna thumbnail|110px|right|King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia thumbnail|110px|right|Infanta Catherine of Portugal thumbnail|110px|right|Albert VI, Archduke of Austria March 9 – Catherine of Bologna, Italian Roman Catholic nun and saint (b. 1413)Saint Catherine of Bologna Italian mystic https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Catherine-of-Bologna Encyclopedia Britannica 15 February 2020 en May 25 – King Stephen Tomašević of Bosnia (beheaded) June 4 – Flavio Biondo, Italian humanist (b. 1392) June 17 – Infanta Catherine of Portugal, religious sister (b. 1436) September 23 – Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1421) November 1 – Emperor David of Trebizond (b. c. 1408) November 15 – Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini, Prince of Taranto and Constable of Naples (b. 1393) November 18 – John IV, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1437) November 29 – Marie of Anjou, queen of France, spouse of Charles VII of France (b. 1404)Frank Hamel The Dauphines of France https://books.google.com/books?id=irNFAQAAMAAJ 1910 S. Paul & Company 65 December 2 – Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (b. 1418) December 16 – Sir Philip Courtenay, British noble (b. 1404) date unknown Jacob Gaón, Jewish Basque tax collector (beheaded by the mob) Ponhea Yat, last king of the Khmer Empire and first king of Cambodia (b. 1394) References