| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s
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| Years: | 1452 1453 1454 - 1455 - 1456 1457 1458 |
| 1455 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1455 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1455[]
- January 8 - Pope Nicholas V publishes Romanus Pontifex, an encyclical addressed to King Afonso V of Portugal, which sanctions the conquest of non-Christian lands, and the reduction of native non-Christian populations to 'perpetual slavery'.
- February 23 - The Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with movable type.
- April 8 - Pope Calixtus III succeeds Pope Nicholas V as the 209th pope.
- The Wars of the Roses begin.
- May 18 - Battle of Arkinholm in Scotland.
- May 22 - First Battle of St Albans: Richard, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
| Gregorian calendar | 1455 MCDLV
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| Ab urbe condita | 2208 |
| Armenian calendar | 904 ԹՎ ՋԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -389 – -388 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1999 |
| Coptic calendar | 1171 – 1172 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1447 – 1448 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5215 – 5216 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1510 – 1511 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1377 – 1378 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4556 – 4557 |
| Holocene calendar | 11455 |
| Iranian calendar | 833 – 834 |
| Islamic calendar | 859 – 860 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōtoku
4
— changed to — Kōshō
1
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2115 (皇紀2115年) |
| Julian calendar | 1500 |
| Korean calendar | 3788 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1998 |
Births[]
- February 2 - King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (died 1513)
- March 3 - King John II of Portugal (died 1495)
- March 15 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (died 1532)
- August 2 - John Cicero (died 1499)
- Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (died 1529) (approximate date)
Deaths[]
- February 18 - Fra Angelico, Italian painter (born 1395)
- March 24 - Pope Nicholas V (born 1397)
- April 1 - Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki, Polish bishop and statesman (born 1389)
- May 18 - Archibald Douglas (killed in battle)
- May 22 - Henry Percy, English politician (killed in battle)
- May 22 - Edmund Beaufort, English commander (killed in battle) (born 1406)
- May 22 - Humphrey Stafford (in battle)
- September 3 - Alonso Tostado, Spanish Catholic bishop
- October 22 - Johannes Brassart, Flemish composer
- December 1 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor and metal smith (born 1378)
- December 2 - Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (born 1432)
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People of the year 1455 at Familypedia
29 people were born in 1455
17 children were born to the 10 women born in 1455
22 people died in 1455
993 people lived in 1455
Events of the year 1455 at Familypedia
22 people were married in 1455.
There were 1 military battles in 1455.
| Event date | |
|---|---|
| First Battle of St Albans | 22 May 1455 JL |