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1460 (MCDLX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1460th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 460th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 15th century, and the 1st year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1460, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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  • The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone.
  • March 5King Christian I of Denmark declares the unity of the two provinces of Schleswig and Holstein, who have been treated as one ever since (although under different national affiliations).
  • March 6Treaty of AlcacovasPortugal gives Castile the Canary Islands in exchange for claims in West Africa
  • JuneThe Earl of Warwick and Edward, Earl of March, eldest son of the Duke of York, land in England with an army and seize London.
  • July 18Battle of Northampton – Warwick and March defeat a Lancastrian army and seize King Henry. It is agreed that York will be Henry's heir, disinheriting the King's son Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales.
  • December 30Battle of Wakefield – A Lancastrian army under Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset and Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland defeats a Yorkist army under the Duke of York and his son, Edmund, Earl of Rutland. Both York and Rutland are killed, the latter murdered after the battle. York's son Edward becomes leader of the Yorkist faction.
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