1460
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1430s 1440s 1450s – 1460s – 1470s 1480s 1490s |
| Years: | 1457 1458 1459 – 1460 – 1461 1462 1463 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1460 MCDLX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2213 |
| Armenian calendar | 909 ԹՎ ՋԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6210 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1381–1382 |
| Bengali calendar | 867 |
| Berber calendar | 2410 |
| English Regnal year | 38 Hen. 6 – 39 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2004 |
| Burmese calendar | 822 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6968–6969 |
| Chinese calendar | 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4156 or 4096 — to — 庚辰年 (Metal Dragon) 4157 or 4097 |
| Coptic calendar | 1176–1177 |
| Discordian calendar | 2626 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1452–1453 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5220–5221 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1516–1517 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1381–1382 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4560–4561 |
| Holocene calendar | 11460 |
| Igbo calendar | 460–461 |
| Iranian calendar | 838–839 |
| Islamic calendar | 864–865 |
| Japanese calendar | Chōroku 4 / Kanshō 1 (寛正元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1376–1377 |
| Julian calendar | 1460 MCDLX |
| Korean calendar | 3793 |
| Minguo calendar | 452 before ROC 民前452年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −8 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2002–2003 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1586 or 1205 or 433 — to — 阳金龙年 (male Iron-Dragon) 1587 or 1206 or 434 |
1460 (MCDLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1460th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 460th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 15th century, and the 1st year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1460, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
Events[change | change source]
- The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone.
- March 5 – King Christian I of Denmark declares the unity of the two provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, who have been treated as one ever since (although under different national affiliations).
- March 6 – Treaty of Alcacovas – Portugal gives Castile the Canary Islands in exchange for claims in West Africa
- June – The Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of York, land in England with an army and seize London.
- July 18 – Battle of Northampton – Warwick and March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry. It is agreed that York will be Henry's heir, disinheriting the King's son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
- December 30 – Battle of Wakefield – A Lancastrian army under Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland defeats a Yorkist army under the Duke of York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland. Both York and Rutland are killed, the latter murdered after the battle. York's son Edward becomes leader of the Yorkist faction.