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| 1455 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1455 MCDLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2208 |
| Armenian calendar | 904 ԹՎ ՋԴ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6205 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1376–1377 |
| Bengali calendar | 862 |
| Berber calendar | 2405 |
| English Regnal year | 33Hen. 6– 34Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1999 |
| Burmese calendar | 817 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6963–6964 |
| Chinese calendar | Giáp TuấtNăm (WoodDog) 4152 or 3945 — to — Ất hợi năm (WoodPig) 4153 or 3946 |
| Coptic calendar | 1171–1172 |
| Discordian calendar | 2621 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1447–1448 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5215–5216 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1511–1512 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 1376–1377 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4555–4556 |
| Holocene calendar | 11455 |
| Igbo calendar | 455–456 |
| Iranian calendar | 833–834 |
| Islamic calendar | 859–860 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōtoku4 /Kōshō1 ( khang chính nguyên niên ) |
| Javanese calendar | 1370–1371 |
| Julian calendar | 1455 MCDLV |
| Korean calendar | 3788 |
| Minguo calendar | 457 beforeROC Dân trước 457 năm |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −13 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1997–1998 |
| Tibetan calendar | Dương mộc cẩu năm (male Wood-Dog) 1581 or 1200 or 428 — to — Âm mộc heo năm (female Wood-Pig) 1582 or 1201 or 429 |
Year1455(MCDLV) was acommon year starting on Wednesday(full) of theJulian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- January 8–Pope Nicholas VpublishesRomanus Pontifex,an encyclical addressed to KingAfonso V of Portugal,which sanctions the conquest of non-Christian lands, and the reduction of native non-Christian populations to 'perpetual slavery'. (Later there will be a dramatic reversal when, in1537,the bullSublimis DeusofPope Paul IIIforbids the enslavement of non-Christians.)
- February 23– TheGutenberg Bibleis the first book printed withmovable type.[1]
- April 8–Pope Calixtus IIIsucceedsPope Nicholas V,as the 209thpope.
- Spring – TheWars of the Rosesbegin inEngland.
- May 1–Battle of Arkinholm:Forces loyal to KingJames II of Scotlanddefeat the supporters of theEarl of Douglas.
- May 22–First Battle of St Albans:Richard, Duke of York,defeats and captures KingHenry VI of England.[2]
- July 14–Thirteen Years' War:a decisive victory by theTeutonic Orderduring theBattle for Kneiphof,[3]a war they would eventually lose with the signing ofThorn.
- November 15– The conflict betweenVladislav II of WallachiaandJohn Hunyadiescalates, so the latter decides to supportVlad the Impalerfor the throne ofWallachia,the following year.
Births
[edit]- January 9–William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg,Count of Ravensberg (d.1511)
- January 29–Johann Reuchlin,German-born humanist and scholar (d.1522)
- February 2– KingJohn of Denmark,Norway, and Sweden (d.1513)[4]
- March 3
- KingJohn II of Portugal(d.1495)[5]
- Ascanio Sforza,Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1505)
- March 15–Pietro Accolti,Italian Catholic cardinal (d.1532)
- April 17–Andrea Gritti,Doge of Venice (d.1538)[6]
- May 16–Wolfgang I of Oettingen,German count (d.1522)
- June 1–Anne of Savoy,Savoy royal (d.1480)
- July 9–Frederick IV of Baden,Dutch bishop (d.1517)
- July 15–Queen Yun,Korean queen (d.1482)
- August 2–John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg(d.1499)
- August 15–George, Duke of Bavaria(d.1503)
- November 9–John V, Count of Nassau-Siegen,Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (d.1516)
- date unknown
- Peter Vischer the Elder,German sculptor (approximate date) (d.1529)
- Estefania Carròs i de Mur,Spanish educator (approximate date) (d.1511)
- Raden Patah,Javanese sultan, founder of theDemak Sultanate(d.1518)
- María de Ajofrín,Spanish visionary (d.1489)
- Nicholas Barnham,English knight, killed in theWar of the Roses(d.1485)
- Angelo da Vallombrosa,Italian jurist and abbot (d.1530)
Deaths
[edit]- February 18–Fra Angelico,Italianpainter (b.1395)[7]
- March 24–Pope Nicholas V(b.1397)[8]
- April 1–Zbigniew Oleśnicki,Polish Catholic cardinal and statesman (b.1389)
- May 1–Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray(in battle)
- May 22(killed at theFirst Battle of St Albans):
- Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland,Lancastrian commander (b.1393)[2]
- Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset,Lancastrian commander (b.1406)[2]
- Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford,Lancastrian commander (b.1414)[2]
- September 3–Alonso Tostado,Spanish Catholic bishop
- October 22–Johannes Brassart,Flemish composer
- October 28–Guillaume-Hugues d'Estaing,French Catholic cardinal
- December 1–Lorenzo Ghiberti,Italian sculptor and metal smith (b.1378)
- December 2–Isabel of Coimbra,queen of Portugal (b.1432)
References
[edit]- ^This Facsimile Page of Gutenberg's 42-line Bible (1453-1455) was Printed on the Gutenberg Press Loaned by the Gutenberg Museum of Mainz for "A Century of Progress International Exposition", Chicago, 1933, and Exhibited by the Cuneo Press, Inc.Gutenberg Press. 1933.
- ^abcdJohn Sadler (January 14, 2014).The Red Rose and the White: The Wars of the Roses, 1453-1487.Routledge. p. 16.ISBN978-1-317-90518-9.
- ^Rogalski, Leon (1846).Dzieje Krzyżaków oraz ich stosunki z Polską, Litwą i Prusami(in Polish). Vol. II. Warsaw: S. Orgelbrand.
- ^Encyclopædia Britannica: A New Survey of Universal Knowledge.Encyclopædia Britannica. 1964. p. 89.
- ^Hourihane, Colum (2012).The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture.OUP USA. p. 217.ISBN9780195395365.
- ^Benzoni, Gino (2002)."GRITTI, Andrea".Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani,Volume 59: Graziano–Grossi Gondi(in Italian). Rome:Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.ISBN978-8-81200032-6.
- ^Guido Di Piero, Known as Fra Angelico, Ca. 1395-1455.Germany. 1998. p. 6.ISBN978-3-8290-0246-2.
- ^"Nicholas V | Vatican Library & Dum Diversas".Encyclopedia Britannica.RetrievedMay 6,2019.