1468

Year 1468 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1468

* August 26 - Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia.
* October 14 - The Treaty of Péronne is signed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI of France.
* The Lancastrians surrender Harlech Castle to King Edward IV of England after a seven-year siege.
* The Great Council of the Republic of Venice attempts to curb the power of the Council of Ten through legislation restricting them to acting on emergency matters.
* Metz Cathedral is completed.

Births

* February 29 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
* March 29 - Charles I of Savoy (d. 1490)
* June 30 - John, Elector of Saxony (d. 1532)
*"date unknown"
**Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and first bishop of Mexico (d. 1548)
**Marino Ascanio Caracciolo, Italian cardinal (d. 1538)

Deaths

* January 17 - Skanderbeg, Albanian national hero (b. 1403)
* February 3 - Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of printing press with replaceable letters (b. 1398)
* September 26 - Juan de Torquemada, Spanish Catholic cardinal (b. 1388)
* October 7 - Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
* November 24 - Jean de Dunois, French soldier (b. 1402)
*"date unknown"
**Joanot Martorell, Spanish writer (b. 1419)
**Francesco Squarcione, Italian artist
**Lady Eleanor Talbot, English noblewoman
**Margaret Beauchamp, countess of Shrewsbury
**Zara Yaqob, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1399)