NationMaster - Encyclopedia: 1458

Events February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat... Events July 7 - Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ... <html> <marquee> This page sucks! </marquee> ... Events The first Portuguese navigators reach the coast of modern Sierra Leone. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s Years: 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 Events and Trends Categories: 1420s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s - 1430s - 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s Years: 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 Events and Trends Categories: 1430s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1440s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s Years: 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 Events and Trends Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s Years: 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 Events and Trends Sonni Ali, first Songhai king, conquers many of his African neighbors. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s - 1470s - 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s Years: 1470 1471 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer Categories: 1470s ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s - 1480s - 1490s 1500s 1510s 1520s 1530s Years: 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485 1486 1487 1488 1489 Events and Trends Categories: 1480s ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right}. It is housed in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

Events

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Matthias Corvinus (Mátyás in Hungarian), (February 23, 1443 (?) - April 6, 1490) was one of the greatest Kings of Hungary, ruling between 1458 and 1490. ... College name Magdalen College Named after Mary Magdalene Established 1458 Sister College Magdalene College President Professor David Clary FRS JCR President Varun Chandra Undergraduates 395 Graduates 230 Homepage Boatclub Magdalen College (pronounced ) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... George of Podebrady - statue in KunÅ¡tÃ¡t (Czech Republic). ... Pius II, nÃ© Enea Silvio Piccolomini, in Latin Aeneas Sylvius (October 18, 1405 â€“ August 14, 1464) was pope from 1458 to 1464. ... This article refers to acropoleis in general. ...

Births

February 15 is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Ivan Ivanovich (also known as Ioann Ioannovich and Ivan Molodoy) (Иван Иванович, Иоанн Иоаннович, Иван Молодой in Russian) (February 15, 1458 - March 6, 1490) was the eldest son and heir of Ivan III from his first marriage to Maria of Tver. ... Events Tirant Lo Blanc by Joanot Martorell, Martí Joan De Galba is published. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Mahmud Begada (b. ... Events Diego VelÃ¡zquez and HernÃ¡n CortÃ©s conquer Cuba; VelÃ¡zquez appointed Governor. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jacob Obrecht Jacob Obrecht (1457/1458 â€“ late July, 1505) was a Dutch composer of the Renaissance. ... Events March 5 - Papal dispensation issued for the marriage of Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon June 27 - Henry VIII of England repudiates his engagement to Catherine of Aragon, at his fathers command King Alexander_of_Poland signed Nihil_novi act - Poland became Nobles Democracy Poland prohibits peasants from leaving... Saint Casimir Jagiełło, prince of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania was born in 1458 at the royal palace in Kraków. ... Events July 6 - Portuguese sea captain Diogo Cão finds the mouth of Congo River December 5 - Pope Innocent VIII gives the inquisition a mission to hunt heretics and witches in Germany with the lead of Heinrich Kramer and Jacob Sprenger First cuirassier units (kyrissers) formed in Austria Births January... Thomas Docwra (1458? - 1527) was Grand Prior of the English tongue Knights Hospitaller. ... Events January 5 - Felix Manz, co-founder of the Swiss Anabaptists, was drowned in the Limmat River in ZÃ¼rich by the ZÃ¼rich Reformed state church. ... Richard Grey (1458? â€“ June 13(?), 1483) was son to John Grey, 2nd Baron Ferrers of Groby, and Elizabeth Woodville, later Queen Consort to King Edward IV of England. ... Edward V (4 November 1470 â€“ 1483?) was an English monarch, although never crowned. ... Events The SÃ£o TomÃ© settlement is founded. ... Jacopo Sannazaro (1458 - April 27, 1530), Italian poet of the Renaissance, was born in 1458 at Naples of a noble family, said to have been of Spanish origin, which had its seat at San Nazaro near Pavia. ... Events June 25 - Augsburg confession presented to Charles V of Holy Roman Empire. ... Amago Tsunehisa (尼子経久; 1458 - 1541) was a powerful warlord who gained the hegemony in Japan starting under a vassal of Rokkaku clan. ... Events The first official translation of the entire Bible in Swedish February 12 - Pedro de Valdivia founds Santiago de Chile. ... Catherine (or Katherine) Woodville (died about 1513) was an English medieval noblewomen, best known for marrying a number of influential husbands and producing several illustrious children. ... Events January 20 - Christian II becomes King of Denmark and Norway. ...

Deaths

Categories: 1458 March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... ÃÃ±igo LÃ³pez de Mendoza, marquÃ©s de Santillana (August 19, 1398 - March 25, 1458), Castilian poet, was born at CarriÃ³n de los Condes in Old Castile. ... Events Glendalough monastery, Wicklow Ireland destroyed. ... June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 â€“ June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. ... Events September 25 - Bayezid I defeats Sigismund of Hungary and John of Nevers at the Battle of Nicopolis. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... Callixtus III, nÃ© Alphonso de Borgia (December 31, 1378 â€“ August 6, 1458) was born in XÃ tiva, Valencia, Spain and was pope from April 8, 1455 to August 6, 1458. ... Events March - John Wyclif tried to gain public favour by laying his theses before parliament, and then made them public in a tract. ... December 26 is the 360th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, 361st in leap years. ... Arthur III (August 24, 1393 â€“ December 26, 1458), known as the Justicier and as Arthur de Richemont, was Count (Earl) of Richmond in England and, for eleven months at the very end of his life, Duke of Brittany after inheriting the title upon the death of his nephew. ... Events Ottoman Turks occupy Veliko Turnovo in north-central Bulgaria. ... John II of Cyprus (died 1458) ruled Cyprus from 1432 to 1458. ... Marguerite bÃ¢tarde de France was the illegitimate daughter of King Charles VI of France and his mistress Odette de Champdivers. ... Charles VI the Well-Beloved, later known as the Mad (French: Charles VI le Bien-Aimé, later known as le Fol) (December 3, 1368 – October 21, 1422) was a King of France (1380 – 1422) and a member of the Valois Dynasty. ... James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton (d. ...