The cannons of the Tower of London are fired on the city of London, now mostly in Yorkist hands (Jul 4), and the Tower ends up surrendering (Jul 19), Wars of the Roses between Lancastrians and Yorkists go on in England until 1487, Portuguese navigator Pedro de Sintra reaches the coast of modern-day Sierra Leone - and all these fine people were born:

1460-xxx Vasco da Gama* or 1469 Portuguese explorer - Sines, Kingdom of Portugal (1524/64?) 1460-xxx Svante Nilsson* regent of Sweden (1512/51) In the year 1461, the Duke of York is crowned Edward IV, King of England (Jun 28), the last Romano-Greek outpost falls to the Ottoman Empire (Aug 15) - and all these fine people were born: 1461-0206 Dzore Drzic* poet/playwright Dubrovnik, Croatia (1501/40) 1461-0805 Alexander Jagiellon* King of Poland - Krakow, Poland (1506/45) In the year 1462, Ivan III becomes the King of Russia (Mar 27), Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II - and all these fine people were born: 1462-xxxx Vicente Yáñez  Pinzón* navigator/sailed with Christopher Columbus on the first voyage to the New World in 1492 as captain of the Niña - Palos de la Frontera, Spain (c.1514/c.52) 1462-0102 Piero di Cosimo* Renaissance painter - Florence, Republic of Florence (1522) 1463-0224 Giovanni Pico della Mirandola* nobleman/philosopher - Mirandola, Duchy of Mirandola (1494/31) 1464 Individual post 1465-0206 Scipione del Ferro* mathematician/theorist - Bologna, Italy (1526/61) 1466 Individual post 1467-0319 Bartolomeo della Rocca* astrologer/palm reader/scholar - Bologna, Italy (1504/37) 1467-0811 Mary of York* daughter of Edward IV of England - Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England (1482/14) 1468-0427 Frederick Jagiellon* prince/bishop/cardinal - Krakow, Poland (1503/34) 1469 Individual post Updated 6.8.2022 Search for another year here