1461
calendar year
1461 (MCDLXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1461st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 461st year of the 2nd millennium, the 61st year of the 15th century, and the 2nd year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1461, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s – 1460s – 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1458 1459 1460 – 1461 – 1462 1463 1464 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1461 MCDLXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2214 |
| Armenian calendar | 910 ԹՎ ՋԺ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6211 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1382–1383 |
| Bengali calendar | 868 |
| Berber calendar | 2411 |
| English Regnal year | 39 Hen. 6 – 1 Edw. 4 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2005 |
| Burmese calendar | 823 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6969–6970 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4157 or 4097 — to — 辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4158 or 4098 |
| Coptic calendar | 1177–1178 |
| Discordian calendar | 2627 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1453–1454 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5221–5222 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1517–1518 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1382–1383 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4561–4562 |
| Holocene calendar | 11461 |
| Igbo calendar | 461–462 |
| Iranian calendar | 839–840 |
| Islamic calendar | 865–866 |
| Japanese calendar | Kanshō 2 (寛正２年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1377–1378 |
| Julian calendar | 1461 MCDLXI |
| Korean calendar | 3794 |
| Minguo calendar | 451 before ROC 民前451年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −7 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2003–2004 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1587 or 1206 or 434 — to — 阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1588 or 1207 or 435 |
Events
change- February 2 – Battle of Mortimer's Cross – Yorkist troops led by 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 Earl of Warwick's army is defeated by a Lancastrian force under 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, 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 Verrocchio
- Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, is founded by the Ottomans
- François Villon: Le Grand Testament
- Donatello: Judith and Holofernes