1451

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1446 1447 1448 1449 1450 - 1451 - 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456

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Events

• April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II.
• June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux
• August 20 - The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
• Mehmed II succeeds Murad II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
• Foundation of the University of Glasgow
• Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia
• Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement

Births

• March 9 - Amerigo Vespucci, voyager and cartographer (+ 1512)
• April 22 - Princess Isabella of Castile, later Queen of Castile.
• October 30 - Christopher Columbus (probable date)
• John Cabot (probable date)
• Ludovico Sforza ruler of Milan
• Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset

Deaths

• November 7 - Amadeus VIII of Savoy\n