1451

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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1446 1447 1448 1449 1450 - 1451 - 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456

See also:

1451 in art
1451 in literature
1451 in music
1451 in politics
1451 in science
1451 in sports

Events

April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II.
June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux
August 20 - The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
Mehmed II succeeds Murad II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Foundation of the University of Glasgow
Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia
Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement

Births

March 9 - Amerigo Vespucci, voyager and cartographer (+ 1512)
April 22 - Princess Isabella of Castile, later Queen of Castile.
October 30 - Christopher Columbus (probable date)
John Cabot (probable date)
Ludovico Sforza ruler of Milan
Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Deaths

November 7 - Amadeus VIII of Savoy\n