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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1462''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLXII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Ivan III of Russia]] becomes the ruler of Russia, following the death of his father, [[Vasili II of Russia|Vasili]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John Stevens Cabot Abbott|title=The Empire of Russia: Its Rise and Present Power|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H5XNAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA167|year=1882|publisher=Dodd, Mead|pages=167}}</ref>
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[The Night Attack]]: [[Vlad III Dracula]] attempts to assassinate [[Mehmed II]], forcing him to retreat from [[Wallachia]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; [[Battle of Seckenheim]]: [[Frederick I, Elector Palatine]] is victorious over four other opponents.<ref>{{cite book|author=Hans Delbrück|title=History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History: The Germans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fTbcAAAAMAAJ|year=1975|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0-8371-8163-9|page=595}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; The first siege of [[Kiliya|Chilia]] by [[Stephen the Great]] fails, and he is seriously wounded.
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Świecino]] (Battle of Żarnowiec): The [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] defeats the [[Teutonic Order]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Beata Możejko|title=Peter von Danzig: The Story of a Great Caravel, 1462-1475|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wEOxDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA55|date=16 September 2019|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-40844-9|pages=55}}</ref>
* [[September]] &ndash; [[Siege of Mytilene (1462)|Siege of Mytilene]]: Mehmed II captures the town of [[Mytilene]], thus conquering the island of [[Lesbos]].
* [[December]] &ndash; After [[Radu cel Frumos|Radu III the Fair]] takes over the throne in [[Wallachia]], [[Vlad III Dracula]] seeks help in Transylvannia, where he is captured by [[Mathias Corvinus]], and imprisoned for the next 12 years, over false charges of treason.

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* The [[Jews]] are expelled from [[Mainz]], [[Germany]].
* [[Portugal]] begins to settle the [[Cape Verde]] Islands, with slaves from the coast of [[Guinea (region)|Guinea]].
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* [[War of the Roses]] &ndash; [[Battle of Piltown]]: The Yorkists defeat the Lancastrians, in the [[Lordship of Ireland]].

== Births ==
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Piero di Cosimo]], Italian artist (d. [[1522]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Dennis Geronimus|title=Piero Di Cosimo: Visions Beautiful and Strange|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-jNTjKdel20C&pg=PA12|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=0-300-10911-3|pages=12}}</ref>
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Walraven II van Brederode]], Dutch noble (d. [[1531]])
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Johannes Trithemius]], German scholar and cryptographer (d. [[1516]])
* [[February 21]] &ndash; [[Joanna la Beltraneja]], princess of Castile (d. [[1530]])
* [[May 19]] &ndash; [[Baccio D'Agnolo]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[woodcarver]], [[sculpture|sculptor]] and [[architect]] (d. [[1543]])
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Philipp II, Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg]] (1489–1503) (d. [[1504]])
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Louis XII of France]], King of France (1498–1515), King of Naples (1501–1504) (d. [[1515]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Philippe de Commynes|title=The Memoirs of Philippe de Commines, Lord of Argenton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XsI-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA97|year=1856|publisher=Henry G. Bohn|pages=97}}</ref>
* [[July 21]] &ndash; [[Queen Jeonghyeon]], Korean royal consort (d. [[1530]])
* [[September 8]] &ndash; [[Henry Medwall]], first known English vernacular dramatist (d. [[1501]])<ref>{{cite ODNB|first=Alan H.|last=Nelson|title=Medwall, Henry (b. 1462, d. after 1501)|year=2004|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18504|accessdate=2015-07-27|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/18504}}</ref>
* [[September 16]] &ndash; [[Pietro Pomponazzi]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1525]])
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Engelbert, Count of Nevers]], younger son of John I (d. [[1506]])
* [[November 26]] &ndash; [[Alexander, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]] and Count of Veldenz (1489–1514) (d. [[1514]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Jodocus Badius]], Flemish printer (d. [[1535]])
* ''probable'' &ndash; [[Edmund Dudley]], minister of Henry VII of England (d. [[1510]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 23]] &ndash; [[Thomas Tuddenham]], English landowner (b. [[1401]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford]] (b. [[1408]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc|title=The New Encyclopaedia Britannica|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_ugaAQAAMAAJ|year=1997|publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica|isbn=978-0-85229-633-2|page=29}}</ref>
* [[February 27]] &ndash; [[Władysław II of Płock]], Polish noble (b. [[1448]])
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Vasily II of Moscow]], Grand Prince of Moscow (b. [[1415]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Isidore II of Constantinople]], Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
* [[April 26]] &ndash; [[William Percy (bishop)|William Percy]], medieval Bishop of Carlisle (b. [[1428]])
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Oldřich II of Rosenberg]], Bohemian nobleman (b. [[1403]])
* [[August 26]] &ndash; [[Catherine Zaccaria]], Despotess of the Morea
* [[September 17]] &ndash; [[Anna of Saxony, Landgravine of Hesse]], German royalty (b. [[1420]])
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Anne of Cyprus]], Italian noble (b. [[1418]])
* [[November 13]] &ndash; [[Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia]], consort of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (b. [[1432]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[John Stourton, 1st Baron Stourton]], English baron (b. [[1400]])
* ''date unknown''
** King [[Esen Buqa II]] of Moghulistan  
** [[Niccolò Gattilusio]], last Prince of Lesbos
** [[Dài Jìn]], Chinese painter (b. [[1388]])

== References ==
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