What happened in 1461?
Battle of Towton, Second Battle of St Albans and Battle of Mortimer's Cross — among 24 events recorded in 1461.
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Wars & Conflicts 6
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Battle of Towton
Battle during the English Wars of the Roses, renownedly bloody
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Second Battle of St Albans
1461 battle
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Battle of Mortimer's Cross
1461 battle
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Battle of Ferrybridge
1461 battle
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Siege of Shahrukhiya
1461 battle of the Timurid wars of succession
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Battle of Koyulhisar
1461 battle
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People 8
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Georg von Peuerbach died
Austrian mathematician and astronomer (1423-1461)
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Antoniotto Usodimare died
Portuguese explorer
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Charles VII of France died
Died in Mehun-sur-Yèvre. Monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France (1403-1461).
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Alexander Jagiellon born
Born in Kraków. King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania.
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Charles, Prince of Viana died
Died in Barcelona. King of Navarre.
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Sophia of Halshany died
Died in Kraków. Wife of Jogaila, Queen consort of Poland (1405-1461).
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Domenico Grimani born
Born in Venice. Catholic cardinal.
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Lê Hiến Tông born
Born in Hanoi. Vietnamese king.
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Exploration & Discovery 1
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Vlad the Impaler's expedition across the Danube
1461–1462 military expedition
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Religion & Belief Systems 2
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Zagan Pasha Mosque
Mosque in Turkey
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St. Andreas
Filial church in Niederperach, Germany
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Disasters & Pandemics 1
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1461 L'Aquila earthquake
Earthquake in the Abruzzo region of Italy
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Architecture & Engineering 4
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King's Mosque in Pristina
Cultural heritage monument of Serbia
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Chiesa della Badìa Nuova
Church building in Trapani, Italy
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Palazzo Orsini
Palace in Nola, Italy
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Moinhos Castle
Fort in Azores, Portugal
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Empires & Countries 2
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Empire of Trebizond dissolved
Empire of Trebizond ceased to exist, having been centered at Trabzon.
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Candar dynasty dissolved
Candar dynasty ceased to exist, having been centered at Kastamonu.
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