This page relates to the year 1464 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Africa

• Beginning of the reign of Sonni Ali Ber (Sunni Ali), king of the Songhaï, which succeeds Slimane Damas and increases its territory with the detriment of the Empire of Mali (fine in 1492).
• the Songhaï is then a small kingdom occupying the valley of the Niger, of the north of Bourem in the south of Say. Its enemies are many and powerful: the Empire of Mali, Tuareg of Tombouctou, the Peul which try to infiltrate in the valley of Niger, and all the plundering tribes which often make incursions in the south of the country.
• Sonni Ali, with the head of an organized army comprising an important cavalry, seizes Djenné (1473) and the area of the lakes. He fights victoriously against Peul, the Tuareg and the Mossi.
• Sonni Ali develops the cavalry and creates a fleet of 400 dugouts to continue the war during the rain season.
• High in paganism, Sonni Ali persecutes the Moslem well-read men who curse it.

Asia

• February 28th: Beginning of the reign of Chenghua, emperor of China.
• : Abdication of Go-Hanazono, emperor of Japan. Go-Tsuchimikado succeeds the August 21st to him.
• With the Japan, the Shogun Yoshimasa Ashikaga prepares its succession by adopting his/her younger brother, whom it makes leave a monastery.

Europe

• February: Karl Knutsson takes again the crown of Sweden after the bishop of Linköping, Ketil Vasa, drove out the Danes. In Finland, it is driven back by another Swedish aristocrat, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, which proclaims regent.
• April 25th: Battle of Hedgeley Moor during the War of the Two-Pinks.
• May 15th: Battle of Hexham during the War of the Two-Pinks.
• June 19th: The king Louis XI of France creates the “letter post”, a series of relay along main road of the kingdom, in order to transport the royal mail.
• : Pierre Ier Goutteux (1416 - 1469) reign with Florence.
• August 30th: Beginning of the Pontificate of Paul II ( Pietro Barbo ), 211^e Pope of the Catholic church, which succeeds Pie II. (end in 1471).

• to reconcile the friendship of Charles Bold the, Louis XI of France sign the suspension in its favor of all the lawsuits and disagreements concerning the limits of the France and the Burgundy. It goes to Tours where the opening of the General states takes place (December 18th).
• the Sforza seize the power with Genoa.
• With Venice, the Council of the Ten condemns noble Ludovic Contarini to have the right hand sliced to have written two lampoons insulting the doge and the State.

Art & culture

• August 16th: Jehan Lagadeuc, priest of the diocese of Tréguier (Duchy of Brittany), completes the drafting of its manuscript which will become the printed Catholicon the November 5th 1499 by Jehan Calvez. It is about the first trilingual dictionary of the world Breton-French-Latin and it is also the first French dictionary as well as the first dictionary of Breton of the History.

• First printed edition of the Joke of Master Pathelin .

• Publication of the Compendium, summarized its philosophy by Nicolas of CUSE.

• Pierre Ier Goutteux constitutes a splendid collection of miniatures, medals and of goldsmithery. Installed with the Médicis palate, it orders with Paolo Uccello three large scenes of battle, with Benozzo Gozzoli the decoration of the vault, from Michelozzo the small temple with Santa Annunziada and makes build the gate vault of San Miniato.
• Retable of the Blessed Sacrament (1464-1468), painted for the Saint-Pierre church of Leuwen by Dierick Ends.

Science & technology

• Drafting of Of trianguli omnimodis , work of Trigonometry of the German mathematician Regiomontanus (published in 1593).

Economy & company

• June 19th: Creation of the Royal Poste by Louis XI
• Lyon obtains from king de France the authorization to directly receive the Poivre and the spice S. the roads of the the Alps (Mount-Genèvre, Mount-Cenis, Petit and Large Saint-Bernard) develop with the detriment of Acute-dead and the Rhone.

• Under the direction of Cosme de Médicis, the population of Florence passed from 50  000 with 90  000 inhabitants. The industry of silk replaced that of wool, and of Florentins are installed in Spain, in Portugal, in Syria and Turkey.

Births in 1464

• April 23rd: Birth of Jeanne de France, future wife of Louis XII

• Birth of Anne of Orleans, girl of Charles of Orleans and Marie de Clèves.

Death in 1464

• February 23rd: Zhengtong
• June 18th: Rogier van der Weyden, Flemish painter (° v. 1400).
• : Cosme de Médicis which receives the title of father of the fatherland by his fellow-citizens.
• August 11th: Nicolas de Cues (or of Kues), theologist, scientist and German Philosopher. (° 1401).
• August 14th: Black and white II ( Enea Silvio Piccolomini ), 210^e Pope of the Catholic church, after six years of pontificate. (° October 18th 1405).

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