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Calendar year
Year 1450 (
MCDL ) was a
common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
January–December
February 7 –
John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk , marries
Lady Margaret Beaufort .
[1]
February 26 –
Francesco Sforza enters
Milan after a siege, becoming Duke of the city-state, and founding a dynasty that will rule Milan for a century.
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 of England .
May 9 –
Abdal-Latif Mirza , a
Timurid dynasty monarch, is assassinated.
May 13 –
Charles VIII of Sweden , also serving as Carl I of Norway, is declared deposed from the latter throne, in favor of
Christian I of Denmark .
June 18 – Battle of Solefields (Sevenoaks):
Jack Cade 's rebels are driven from
London by loyal troops.
July 6 –
Caen surrenders to the
French .
July 12 –
Jack Cade is slain in a skirmish.
August 12 –
Cherbourg , the last
English territory in
Normandy , surrenders to the
French .
October 5 –
Jews are expelled from
Lower Bavaria , by order of Duke
Ludwig IX .
November 3 – The
University of Barcelona is founded.
November 23 –
First Siege of Krujë :
Albanian troops are victorious, forcing an
Ottoman army of approximately 100,000 men to retreat from
Albania .
Date unknown
Births
February 12 –
Yejong of Joseon , Joseon King (d.
1469 )
May 18 –
Piero Soderini , Florentine statesman (d.
1513 )
June 22 –
Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara (d.
1493 )
July 25 –
Jakob Wimpfeling , Renaissance humanist (d.
1528 )
August 18 –
Marko Marulić , Croatian poet (d.
1524 )
September 25 –
Ursula of Brandenburg, Duchess of Münsterberg-Oels and Countess of Glatz (d.
1508 )
November 12 –
Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont , Prince of Savoy (d.
1486 )
date unknown
probable
Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād , Persian leader of the
Herat school
Hieronymus Bosch , Dutch painter (d.
1516 )
Gaspar Corte-Real , Portuguese explorer (d.
1501 )
Juan de la Cosa , Spanish navigator and cartographer (d.
1510 )
Josquin des Prez , Dutch composer (d.
1521 )
Heinrich Isaac , Franco-Flemish composer (d.
1517 )
Hugh Oldham , Bishop of Exeter (d.
1519 )
Pietro Antonio Solari , Italian architect (d.
1493 )
Petrus Thaborita , Dutch historian and monk (d.
1527 )
Nyai Gede Pinateh , Javanese merchant (d.
1500 )
Deaths
January 9 –
Adam Moleyns , English courtier and Bishop of Chichester
February 9 –
Agnès Sorel , mistress of
Charles VII of France (b. c.
1422 )
[6]
April 8 –
Sejong the Great of Joseon , ruler of Korea (b.
1397 )
May 2 –
William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk , English military leader (born
1396 )
May 9 –
Abdal-Latif Mirza , ruler of Transoxania
July 2 –
Ranuccio Farnese il Vecchio , Italian condottiero (b. c.
1390 )
July 4 –
James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele , English soldier and politician (b. c. 1395)
July 18 –
Francis I, Duke of Brittany (b.
1414 )
July 26 –
Cecily Neville, Duchess of Warwick (b.
1424 )
August 15 –
Alberto da Sarteano , Italian Franciscan friar and papal legate (b.
1385 )
August 27 –
Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr , English politician (b.
1395 )
August 31 –
Isabella of Navarre, Countess of Armagnac (b.
1395 )
September 16 –
Louis Aleman , French cardinal
September 22 –
William Tresham , English politician
October 1 –
Leonello d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara , Italian noble (b.
1407 )
November 3 –
Paola Colonna , Lady of Piombino (b. c.
1378 )
November 5 –
John IV, Count of Armagnac (b.
1396 )
References