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Data for 1466

A page from The Mentelin Bible

In the year 1466, Karl Knutsson is asked to be the King of Sweden, again (Nov 1), the Kingdom of Georgia collapses into anarchy, the first printed German language Bible is produced, Louis XI of France introduces silk weaving to Lyon, the first known shop specialising in eyeglasses opens in Strasbourg - and all these fine people were born:

1466-xxxx Moctezuma II* a.k.a. Montezuma, 9th and the most famous ruler of the Aztec Empire/son of Axayacatl - (1520/c.54)

1466-0211 Elizabeth of York* the first Tudor queen as the wife of Henry VII - Westminster Palace, London, England (1503/37)

1466-0522 Marino Sanuto the Younger* Italian historian/diarist - Venice (1536/69)

1466-0618 Ottaviano Petrucci* Italian printer - Fossombrone (1539/72)

1466-0810 Francesco II Gonzaga* Marquess of Mantua - Mantua, Margravate of Mantua (1519/52)

1466-0909 Ashikaga Yoshitane* 足利 義稙 the 10th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate - Japan (1523/56)

1466-1028 Erasmus of Rotterdam* scholar/humanist - Rotterdam, Burgundian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire (1536/69)

1466-1116 Francesco Cattani da Diacceto* Neoplatonist philosopher of the Italian Renaissance - Florence. Republic of Florence (1522/55)
1466-1130 Andrea Doria* admiral/statesman/condottiero - Oneglia, Republic of Genoa (1560/93)

Updated 11.11.2021-1
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