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1450
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| 1450 by topic |
| Arts and science |
| Architecture - Art |
| Politics |
| State leaders - Sovereign states |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births - Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments - Disestablishments |
1450 in other calendars
| Gregorian calendar |
1450
MCDL |
| Ab urbe condita |
2203 |
| Armenian calendar |
899
ԹՎ ՊՂԹ |
| Chinese calendar |
4146 – 4147
己巳 – 庚午 |
| Ethiopian calendar |
1442 – 1443 |
| Hebrew calendar |
5210 – 5211 |
| Hindu calendars |
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| - Vikram Samvat |
1505 – 1506 |
| - Shaka Samvat |
1372 – 1373 |
| - Kali Yuga |
4551 – 4552 |
| Iranian calendar |
828 – 829 |
| Islamic calendar |
854 – 855 |
Events
- March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, 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 (Timurid monarch) 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 - Surrender of Caen to the French.
- August 12 - Surrender of Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, to the French.
Unknown dates
- University of Barcelona founded.
- 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.
Births
- August 18 - Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (died 1524)
- William Catesby, English politician (died 1485)
- Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (died 1501)
- Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1517)
- Bartolommeo Montagna, Italian painter (died 1523)
- Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter (died 1519)
- Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (died 1512)
- Arnolt Schlick, German composer and organist (died 1521)
- Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (died 1513)
- Pietro Antonio Solari, Italian architect (died 1493)
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 18 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (born 1397)
- June 10 - William Tresham, English politician
- August 27 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
- Louis Aleman, French cardinal
- James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele
- Francis I, Duke of Brittany (born 1414)
- Thomas Occleve, English poet (born 1368)
- 'Abd al-Latif, ruler of Transoxonia
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