1451
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1451 in poetry |
461 before ROC 民前461年 | |
Nanakshahi calendar | −17 |
Thai solar calendar | 1993–1994 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1577 or 1196 or 424 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1578 or 1197 or 425 |
Year 1451 (MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
January–December
- Papal Bull[1] to establish The University of Glasgow; classes are initially held in Glasgow Cathedral.
- February 3 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded (on February 18) by his son, Mehmed II.
- Louis XI of France marries Charlotte of Savoy.
- April 11 – Celje acquires market town status and town rights, by orders from Count Frederic II of Celje.
- April 19 – In the Delhi Sultanate, the Afghan Lodi Dynasty succeeds the Turkish Sayyid Dynasty.
- June 30 – French troops under Jean de Dunois invade Guyenne, and capture Bordeaux.
- August 20 – The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne.
- Petru Arontakes up the throne.
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Date unknown
- Haudenosaunee, commonly called the Iroquois Confederacy
Births
- January 14 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
- John, Prince of Portugal, Prince of Portugal (d. 1451)
- Raffaello Maffei, Italian theologian (d. 1522)
- March 5 – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English earl (d. 1491)
- March 9 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (d. 1512)[2]
- April 22 – Queen Isabella I of Castile, Castillian queen regnant and first queen of a united Spain (by marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon) (d. 1504)[3]
- May 2 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
- May 17 – Engelbert II of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d. 1504)
- June 1 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)
- July 10 – James III of Scotland (d. 1488)[4]
- September 5 – Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, elder daughter of Richard Neville (d. 1476)[5]
- November 29 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Württemberg (d. 1524)
- date unknown
- Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (d. 1506)[6]
- Ignatius Noah of Lebanon, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (d. 1509).[7]
Deaths
- Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)
- January 18 – Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Co-ruler of Nassau-Siegen (1442–1451) (b. 1414)[8]
- Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
- June – ‘Abdullah, Timurid Empire ruler
- July 11 – Barbara of Cilli, Holy Roman Empress, queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1392)
- October – Petru Aron
- date unknown
- Stefan Lochner, German painter (b. 1400)
- John Lydgate, English monk and poet (b. 1370)
- Caliph
References
- ^ "University of Glasgow :: Story :: The Papal Bull".
- ISBN 978-0-07-139098-9.
- ISBN 978-0-8122-1897-8.
- ^ "King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-4456-1177-8.
- ^ "Christopher Columbus | Biography, Voyages, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved January 21, 2021.
- ^ Barsoum, Aphrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. pp. 508–509. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
- ISBN 90-6011-812-X.