1457

1457 in various
Minguo calendar
	455 before ROC; 民前455年
Nanakshahi calendar	−11
Thai solar calendar	1999–2000
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年; (male Fire-Rat); 1583 or 1202 or 430; — to —; 阴火牛年; (female Fire-Ox); 1584 or 1203 or 431

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century; 15th century ; 16th century;
Decades:	1430s; 1440s; 1450s ; 1460s; 1470s;
Years:	1454; 1455; 1456; 1457 ; 1458; 1459; 1460;

Year 1457 (MCDLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar

Events

Archbishop of Sweden, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway
.

March 6 – King James II of Scotland decrees that ". . . ye futebawe and ye golf be uterly cryt done and not usyt . . ", the first historical mention of the game of golf.
Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia
, which he retains for the next 47 years.

June 29 – The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire.^[1]
August 14 – The Mainz Psalter, the second major book printed with movable type in the West, the first to be wholly finished mechanically (including colour), and the first to carry a printed date, is printed for the Elector of Mainz.
Battle of Ujëbardha: One of Skanderbeg's most important victories is won against the Ottoman
army, in the open field.

January 18 – Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508)
January 28 – King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)^[2]
February 2 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat (d. 1526)
February 13 – Mary of Burgundy, sovereign duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
August 20 – Seongjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1494)
September 21 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Polish princess (d. 1502)
November 16 – Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian queen (d. 1508)
date unknown
- Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
- George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483
  )

August 1 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
August 19 – Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b. 1421)
September 12 – Gabriele Sforza, Archbishop of Milan (b. 1423)^[6]
September 14 – Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau (b. 1432)
September 22 – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
November 3 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (b. 1439)
Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440
)

December 24 – Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1441)
date unknown
- Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)
- Bartolomeu Perestrello, Portuguese navigator and explorer (b. 1395)

ISBN 978-0-313-30588-7
.

ISBN 978-1-934545-04-1
.

ISBN 978-1-85866-060-8
.

ISBN 978-0-8204-2291-6
.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s
Years:	1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 1460

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1457 in poetry
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