Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1420s  1430s  1440s  – 1450s –  1460s  1470s  1480s
Years:	1447 1448 1449 – 1450 – 1451 1452 1453

1450 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

Year 1450 (MCDL) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents 1 Events of 1450 1.1 Undated 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[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.
• November 3 – The University of Barcelona is founded.

[edit] Undated

• 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.

1450 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1450 MCDL
Ab urbe condita	2203
Armenian calendar	899 ԹՎ ՊՂԹ
Bahá'í calendar	-394 – -393
Bengali calendar	857
Berber calendar	2400
Buddhist calendar	1994
Burmese calendar	812
Byzantine calendar	6958 – 6959
Chinese calendar	己巳年十二月十八日 (4086/4146-12-18) — to — 庚午年十一月廿八日 (4087/4147-11-28)
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
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• The Age of Discovery starts.
• Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu, "Old mountain") a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level believed to be under construction.^[1]

[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 Exeter (d. 1519)
  • Pietro Antonio Solari, Italian architect (d. 1493)
  • Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, leader of the Herat school.

[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
  • James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele

[edit] References