1454
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s |
| Years: | 1451 1452 1453 – 1454 – 1455 1456 1457 |
| 1454 by topic |
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| 1454 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1454 MCDLIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2207 |
| Armenian calendar | 903 ԹՎ ՋԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6204 |
| Bengali calendar | 861 |
| Berber calendar | 2404 |
| English Regnal year | 32 Hen. 6 – 33 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1998 |
| Burmese calendar | 816 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6962–6963 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4150 or 4090 — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4151 or 4091 |
| Coptic calendar | 1170–1171 |
| Discordian calendar | 2620 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1446–1447 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5214–5215 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1510–1511 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1376–1377 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4555–4556 |
| Holocene calendar | 11454 |
| Igbo calendar | 454–455 |
| Iranian calendar | 832–833 |
| Islamic calendar | 857–859 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōtoku 3 (享徳３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1454 MCDLIV |
| Korean calendar | 3787 |
| Minguo calendar | 458 before ROC 民前458年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1996–1997 |
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Year 1454 (MCDLIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February 4 – Beginning the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master and the citizens of Toruń rebel against the Teutonic Knights.
- March 6 – Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the Teutonic Knights.
- March 27 – Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York becomes Protector for the insane King Henry VI of England.
- April 9 – Treaty of Lodi: Francesco Sforza forms a triple alliance between the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence and Kingdom of Naples.
- September 18 – Battle of Chojnice: The Polish army is defeated by a smaller but more professional Teutonic army during the Thirteen Years' War.
- December – King Henry of England having regained his sanity, the Duke of York is dismissed as Protector.
Date unknown
- The press of Johannes Gutenberg (at Mainz on the Rhine) produces the first printed documents bearing a date.
- Isaac Zarfati sends a circular letter to Rhineland, Swabia, Moravia and Hungary, praising the happy conditions of the Jews under the crescent in contrast to the "great torture chamber" under the cross and urging them to come to Turkey.[1]
- Statutes of Nieszawa enacted in Poland.
- Famine One Rabbit in pre-columbian Mexico.
Births
- March 9 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (d. 1512)
- July 14 – Poliziano, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
- September 4 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
- November 25 – Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
- date unknown
- Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Italian astronomer (d. 1504)
- Pinturicchio, Italian painter (d. 1513)
- Choe Bu, Korean official and venturer to China (d. 1504)
- Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (d. 1485)
Deaths
- March 22 – John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
- July 20 – King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
- date unknown
- Chiara Zorzi, regent of Athens
- William Turnbull, Bishop of Glasgow
- Robert Wingfield, English politician (b. 1403)
References
[1] Isaac Zarfati: www.turkishjews.com/history/letter.asp