1450
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Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s |
Years: | 1447 1448 1449 - 1450 - 1451 1452 1453 |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1450 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1450
- February 7 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, marries Lady Margaret Beaufort.
- March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, in Caen.
- April 15 - Battle of Formigny: French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen.
- May 8 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
- May 9 - 'Abd al-Latif Mirza (a Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
- June 18 - Battle of Seven Oaks: Jack Cade's rebels are driven from London by loyal troops, bringing about the collapse of the rebellion.
- July 6 - Caen surrenders to the French.
- August 12 - Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, surrenders to the French.
[edit] Undated
- The University of Barcelona is founded.
- Charles VIII of Sweden (who was also serving as Carl I of Norway) is declared deposed from the later throne in favor of Christian I of Denmark.
- Wolves enter Paris and kill 40 citizens.
Gregorian calendar | 1450 MCDL |
Ab urbe condita | 2203 |
Armenian calendar | 899 ԹՎ ՊՂԹ |
Bahá'í calendar | -394 – -393 |
Berber calendar | 2400 |
Buddhist calendar | 1994 |
Burmese calendar | 812 |
Chinese calendar | 4086/4146-12-18 (己巳年十二月十八日) — to —
4087/4147-11-28(庚午年十一月廿八日) |
Coptic calendar | 1166 – 1167 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1442 – 1443 |
Hebrew calendar | 5210 – 5211 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1505 – 1506 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1372 – 1373 |
- Kali Yuga | 4551 – 4552 |
Holocene calendar | 11450 |
Iranian calendar | 828 – 829 |
Islamic calendar | 853 – 854 |
Japanese calendar | Hōtoku 2 (宝徳2年) |
Korean calendar | 3783 |
Thai solar calendar | 1993 |
- The Age of Discovery starts.
[edit] Births
- May 18 - Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (d. 1513)
- August 18 - Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (d. 1524)
- date unknown
- William Catesby, English politician (d. 1485)
- Bartolomeo Montagna, Italian painter (d. 1523)
- Heinrich Isaak, German-Dutch composer (d. 1517)
- Josquin des Pres, Dutch composer (d. 1521)
- probable
- Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (d. 1516)
- Petrus Thaborita, Dutch historian and monk (d. 1527)
- Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (d. 1501)
- Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer (d. 1517)
- Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exisist
(d. 1519)
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- Pietro Antonio Solari, Italian architect (d. 1493)
[edit] Deaths
- February 9 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
- May 2 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (born 1396)
- May 9 - 'Abd al-Latif, ruler of Transoxonia
- May 18 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
- June 10 - William Tresham, English politician
- July 18 - Francis I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1414)
- August 27 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
- September 16 - Louis Aleman, French cardinal
- date unknown