1457

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Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1420s  1430s  1440s  - 1450s -  1460s  1470s  1480s
Years:	1454 1455 1456 - 1457 - 1458 1459 1460

1457 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

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Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

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Year 1457 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1457

• Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg is founded.
• Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.
• Edo Castle is built by Ōta Dōkan in what is now Tokyo.
• Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.
• After years of captivity and absence from the Ming throne, the Zhengtong Emperor of China is reinstated as the Tianshun Emperor.

1457 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1457 MCDLVII
Ab urbe condita	2210
Armenian calendar	906 ԹՎ ՋԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-387 – -386
Berber calendar	2407
Buddhist calendar	2001
Burmese calendar	819
Chinese calendar	4093/4153-12-6 (丙子年十二月初六日) — to — 4094/4154-12-15 (丁丑年十二月十五日)
Coptic calendar	1173 – 1174
Ethiopian calendar	1449 – 1450
Hebrew calendar	5217 – 5218
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1512 – 1513
- Shaka Samvat	1379 – 1380
- Kali Yuga	4558 – 4559
Holocene calendar	11457
Iranian calendar	835 – 836
Islamic calendar	861 – 862
Japanese calendar	Kōshō 3Chōroku 1 (長禄元年)
Korean calendar	3790
Thai solar calendar	2000
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[edit] Births

• January 28 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
• February 13 - Mary of Burgundy, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
• November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
• date unknown
  • Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (d. 1501)
  • George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483)
• probable
  • Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521)
  • Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)
  • Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 1525)

[edit] Deaths

• March 14 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
• March 16 - László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
• May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
• August 1 - Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
• November 23 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
• date unknown
  • Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)
  • Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter
  • Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)