    __notoc__ year 1469 (mcdlxix) was a common year starting on sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === undated === * sigismund of austria sells upper-elsass (alsace) to charles the bold in exchange for aid in a war against the swiss. * moctezuma i, aztec ruler of tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by axayacatl. * marsilio ficino completes his translation of the collected works of plato, writes "commentary on plato's symposium on love" and starts to work on "platonic theology". == births == * february 13 &ndash; elia levita, yiddish writer (d. 1549) * march 20 &ndash; cecily of york, english princess (d. 1507) * april 15 &ndash; guru nanak dev ji, founder of sikhism (d. 1539) * may 3 &ndash; niccolÃ² machiavelli, italian historian and political author (d. 1527) * may 31 &ndash; king manuel i of portugal (d. 1521) * june 20 &ndash; gian galeazzo sforza, duke of milan (d. 1494) * august 26 &ndash; king ferdinand ii of naples (d. 1496) * date unknown ** john iii of navarre (d. 1516) ** silvio passerini, italian politician (d. 1529) * probable &ndash; vasco da gama, explorer (d. 1524) == deaths == * may 30 &ndash; lope de barrientos, a powerful bishop in castile (b. 1389) * august 12 &ndash; richard woodville, 1st earl rivers (executed) (b. 1412) * october 8 &ndash; filippo lippi, artist (b. 1406) * december 2 &ndash; piero di cosimo de' medici, ruler of florence (b. 1416) * date unknown ** abu sa'id, ruler of persia and afghanistan (b. 1424) ** lope de barrientos, powerful castilian cleric (b. 1382) ** niccolÃ² da conti, italian merchant and explorer (b. 1395) ** andrew gray, 1st lord gray ** moctezuma i, aztec ruler of tenochtitlan == references ==  
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