1469

Events 
 March 20 – The Battle of Nibley Green in England is the last battle fought between the private armies of feudal lords.
 July 26 – War of the Roses – Battle of Edgecote Moor: the House of Lancaster defeats the House of York.
 October 17 – Prince Ferdinand of Aragon weds Princess Isabella of Castile. This event would lead to a unified Spain in 1516.
 Sigismund of Austria sells upper-Elsass (Alsace) to the Charles the Bold in exchange for help in a war against the Swiss.
 Uzun Hassa wins in Persia and defeats Abu Said.
 Lorenzo de' Medici takes power in Florence.
 Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl.
 James III of Scotland acquires Orkney and Shetland Islands from Denmark.

 Births 
 April 15 – Nanak Dev
 May 3 – Niccolò Machiavelli

 Deaths 
 December 2 – Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (b. 1416)
 Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan