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)