1450s
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Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s |
Years: | 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 |
[change] Events
- Fall of Constantinople.
- Siege of Belgrade.
- The first printing press made in Europe by Johann Gutenberg.
- War of the Roses starts.
- France wins the Hundred Years' War against England.
[change] Births
- Queen Isabella of Castile
- Christopher Columbus, Italian sailor
- Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor
- Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer
- Ferdinand II of Aragon
[change] Deaths
- Murad II, Ottoman Sultan
- John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury