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Calendar year
Year 1455 (
MCDLV ) was a
common year starting on Wednesday (full) of the
Julian calendar .
Events
January–December
January 8 –
Pope Nicholas V publishes
Romanus Pontifex , an encyclical addressed to King
Afonso V of Portugal , which sanctions the conquest of non-Christian lands, and the reduction of native non-Christian populations to 'perpetual slavery'. (Later there will be a dramatic reversal when, in
1537 , the bull
Sublimis Deus of
Pope Paul III forbids the enslavement of non-Christians.)
February 23 – The
Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with
movable type .
[1]
April 8 –
Pope Calixtus III succeeds
Pope Nicholas V , as the 209th
pope .
Spring – The
Wars of the Roses begin in
England .
May 1 –
Battle of Arkinholm : Forces loyal to King
James II of Scotland defeat the supporters of the
Earl of Douglas .
May 22 –
First Battle of St Albans :
Richard, Duke of York , defeats and captures King
Henry VI of England .
[2]
July 14 –
Thirteen Years' War : a decisive victory of the
Teutonic Order during the
Battle for Kneiphof .
[3]
November 15 – The conflict between
Vladislav II of Wallachia and
John Hunyadi escalates, so the latter decides to support
Vlad the Impaler for the throne of
Wallachia , the following year.
Births
January 9 –
William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg , Count of Ravensberg (d.
1511 )
January 29 –
Johann Reuchlin , German-born humanist and scholar (d.
1522 )
February 2 – King
John of Denmark , Norway, and Sweden (d.
1513 )
[4]
March 3
March 15 –
Pietro Accolti , Italian Catholic cardinal (d.
1532 )
April 17 –
Andrea Gritti , Doge of Venice (d.
1538 )
[6]
May 16 –
Wolfgang I of Oettingen , German count (d.
1522 )
June 1 –
Anne of Savoy , Savoy royal (d.
1480 )
July 9 –
Frederick IV of Baden , Dutch bishop (d.
1517 )
July 15 –
Queen Yun , Korean queen (d.
1482 )
August 2 –
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d.
1499 )
August 15 –
George, Duke of Bavaria (d.
1503 )
November 9 –
John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen , Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (d.
1516 )
date unknown
Deaths
References
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This Facsimile Page of Gutenberg's 42-line Bible (1453-1455) was Printed on the Gutenberg Press Loaned by the Gutenberg Museum of Mainz for "A Century of Progress International Exposition", Chicago, 1933, and Exhibited by the Cuneo Press, Inc . Gutenberg Press. 1933.
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d John Sadler (January 14, 2014).
The Red Rose and the White: The Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487 . Routledge. p. 16.
ISBN
978-1-317-90518-9 .
^ Rogalski, Leon (1846). Dzieje Krzyżaków oraz ich stosunki z Polską, Litwą i Prusami (in Polish). Vol. II. Warsaw: S. Orgelbrand.
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Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge . Encyclopædia Britannica. 1964. p. 89.
^ Hourihane, Colum (2012).
The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture . OUP USA. p. 217.
ISBN
9780195395365 .
^ Benzoni, Gino (2002).
"GRITTI, Andrea" .
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani , Volume 59: Graziano–Grossi Gondi (in Italian). Rome:
Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana .
ISBN
978-8-81200032-6 .
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Guido Di Piero, Known as Fra Angelico, Ca. 1395-1455 . Germany. 1998. p. 6.
ISBN
978-3-8290-0246-2 .
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"Nicholas V | Vatican Library & Dum Diversas" . Encyclopedia Britannica . Retrieved May 6, 2019 .