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1459 in poetry |
| 453 before ROC 民前453年 | |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −9 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2001–2002 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1585 or 1204 or 432 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1586 or 1205 or 433 |
Year 1459 (MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
January–December
- January 18 – The Order of Our Lady of Bethlehem is founded by Pope Pius II, to defend the island of Lemnos.
- Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, flees to Ireland, while his ally Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (Warwick the Kingmaker, eldest son of the Earl of Salisbury) goes to Calais.
Date unknown
- The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.[2]
- The city of Rao Jodha of Marwar.
- Richard, Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, returns on a second visit to Ireland.[3] The Irish Parliament, meeting at Drogheda, upholds his authority against Henry VI, and an English Act of Attainder.
- Richard Hygons, English composer, begins fifty years of service at Wells Cathedral.
Religion
- King Thomas of Bosnia forces the clergy of the Bosnian Church into exile.
- According to a legend, the wedding of Christian Rosenkreuz takes place.
Births
- January 25 – Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1537)
- March 2 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)[4]
- March 6 – Jakob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
- March 22 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)[5]
- May 15 – John I, Count Palatine of Simmern (1480–1509) (d. 1509)
- July – Mingyi Nyo, founder of the Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) (d. 1530)
- July 11 – Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, German nobleman (d. 1527)
- October 6 – Martin Behaim, German explorer and cartographer (d. 1507)
- Sultan Cem, pretender to the Ottoman throne (d. 1495)
- December 27 – King John I Albert of Poland (d. 1501)
- date unknown – Edward Poynings, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (d. 1521)
- Christina Brask, Swedish writer and translator (d. 1520)
- probable – Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (d. 1537)
- date unknown – Jheronimus de Clibano, Dutch composer (d. 1503)
- date unknown – Jean Mouton, French composer (d. 1522)
Deaths
- February 14 – Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken (b. 1385)
- March 3 – Ausiàs March, Catalan poet from Valencia (b. 1397)
- May 2 – Antoninus of Florence, Italian archbishop (b. 1389)
- August 27 – James of Portugal, Portuguese cardinal (b. 1433)
- September 6 – Katharina of Nassau-Beilstein, German regent
- September 17 – Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra, Portuguese Duchess (b. 1409)
- September 23 (killed at the Battle of Blore Heath):
- James Tuchet, 5th Baron Audley (b. 1400)
- Thomas Dutton, English knight (b. 1421)
- September 24 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
- Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b. 1380)
- November 5 – John Fastolf, English soldier[6]
- Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
References
- ISBN 978-1-317-90517-2.
- ISBN 978-3-658-01561-9.
- ^ The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland. Foster, RF. Oxford University Press, Oxford. 1989
- ^ "Adrian VI | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ "Maximilian I | Holy Roman emperor". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
- ^ James Gairdner (1895). The Paston letters, 1422-1509 A.D.: A new ed. containing upwards of four hundred letters, etc., hitherto unpublished. A. Constable. p. 444.