Year 1462 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1462

• Settlers from Portugal begin to settle the Cape Verde islands.
• March 28 - Vasili II of Russia dies, and is succeeded by his son Ivan III of Russia.
• June 17 - Vlad III Dracula attempts to assassinate Mehmed II in The Night Attack, forcing Mehmed to retreat from Wallachia.
• September 17 - Thirteen Years' War - Battle of Świecino (Battle of Żarnowiec): The Kingdom of Poland defeats the Teutonic Order.
• The Jews are expelled from Mainz, Germany.
• Battle of Paarlo, The Netherlands

Births

• January 2 - Piero di Cosimo, Italian artist (d. 1521)
• February 1 - Johannes Trithemius, German scholar and cryptographer (d. 1516)
• June 27 - Louis XII of France (d. 1515)
• date unknown
  • Joanna La Beltraneja, princess of Castile (d. 1530)
  • Jodocus Badius, Flemish printer (d. 1535)
• probable - Edmund Dudley, minister of Henry VII of England (d. 1510)

Deaths

• February 26 - John de Vere, 12th Earl of Oxford (b. 1408)
• March 27 - Vasili II of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1415)
• date unknown
  • Esen Buqa II, King of Moghulistan
  • Niccolo of Lesbos, last Prince of Lesbos
  • Dài Jìn, Chinese painter (b. 1388)