Timeline July 1465

Events in July 1465 3

• 1423 – 1465 Jacopo Piccinino (1423-1465) Died July 1465, aged 42 Jacopo Piccinino, one of the most sought-after condottieri of Renaissance Italy, died in Naples in July 1465 after being arrested by King Ferdinand I despite holding a safe conduct. He was officially reported to have fallen to his death from a window of the Castel Nuovo, but contemporaries widely believed he had been murdered on the king's orders. His death removed the last independent mercenary captain capable of threatening the Italian peninsula's balance of power.
• 1465 Capture of Henry VI of England Deposed king seized and sent to the Tower of London In July 1465, the deposed King Henry VI was captured near Clitheroe in Lancashire after more than a year in hiding following the Lancastrian defeat at Hexham. He was taken south under guard and imprisoned in the Tower of London. His capture removed the last Lancastrian figurehead at large and secured Edward IV's hold on the throne for several years.
• 1465 Battle of Montlhéry Louis XI clashes with the League of the Public Weal On 16 July 1465, the army of King Louis XI of France fought the forces of the League of the Public Weal, led by Charles, Count of Charolais, near Montlhéry south of Paris. The battle was inconclusive and both sides claimed victory, but it marked the high point of the feudal revolt against the French crown. Louis XI withdrew to Paris while the rebel princes continued their advance toward the city.