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1469 Establishments
Year 1469 (Roman numerals, MCDLXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December * February 4 – Battle of Qarabagh: Uzun Hasan decisively defeats the Timurid dynasty, Timurids of Abu Sa'id Mirza. * July 24 – Battle of Edgcote: Yorkists are defeated and, in the aftermath, King Edward IV of England is taken prisoner. * August–October – Caister Castle in England is besieged by John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk. * October 19 – Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile in Valladolid, bringing about a History of Spain#Dynastic union of the Catholic Monarchs, dynastic union. Date unknown * Sigismund of Austria sells Upper-Elsass (Alsace) to Charles the Bold, in exchange for aid in a war against the Old Swiss Confederacy, Swiss. * Moctezuma I, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan, dies and is succeeded by Axayacatl. * Anglo-Hanseatic War breaks out. * Marsilio Ficin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Numerals
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value, modern style uses only these seven: The use of Roman numerals continued long after the decline of the Roman Empire. From the 14th century on, Roman numerals began to be replaced by Arabic numerals; however, this process was gradual, and the use of Roman numerals persists in some applications to this day. One place they are often seen is on clock faces. For instance, on the clock of Big Ben (designed in 1852), the hours from 1 to 12 are written as: The notations and can be read as "one less than five" (4) and "one less than ten" (9), although there is a tradition favouring representation of "4" as "" on Roman numeral clocks. Other common uses include year numbers on monuments and buildings and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
