1462

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1430s  1440s  1450s  – 1460s –  1470s  1480s  1490s
Years:	1459 1460 1461 – 1462 – 1463 1464 1465

1462 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1462 MCDLXII
Ab urbe condita	2215
Armenian calendar	911 ԹՎ ՋԺԱ
Assyrian calendar	6212
Balinese saka calendar	1383–1384
Bengali calendar	869
Berber calendar	2412
English Regnal year	1 Edw. 4 – 2 Edw. 4
Buddhist calendar	2006
Burmese calendar	824
Byzantine calendar	6970–6971
Chinese calendar	辛巳年 (Metal Snake) 4158 or 4098     — to — 壬午年 (Water Horse) 4159 or 4099
Coptic calendar	1178–1179
Discordian calendar	2628
Ethiopian calendar	1454–1455
Hebrew calendar	5222–5223
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1518–1519
- Shaka Samvat	1383–1384
- Kali Yuga	4562–4563
Holocene calendar	11462
Igbo calendar	462–463
Iranian calendar	840–841
Islamic calendar	866–867
Japanese calendar	Kanshō 3 (寛正３年)
Javanese calendar	1378–1379
Julian calendar	1462 MCDLXII
Korean calendar	3795
Minguo calendar	450 before ROC 民前450年
Nanakshahi calendar	−6
Thai solar calendar	2004–2005
Tibetan calendar	阴金蛇年 (female Iron-Snake) 1588 or 1207 or 435     — to — 阳水马年 (male Water-Horse) 1589 or 1208 or 436

1462 (MCDLXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1462nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 462nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1460s decade. As of the start of 1462, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events

• March 27 – Vasili II of Russia dies. He is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
• July 1 – Battle of Seckenheim

Births

for more information, see Category:1462 births.

• June 27 – Louis XII of France

Deaths

for more information, see Category:1462 deaths.