Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s
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Years: | 1456 1457 1458 - 1459 - 1460 1461 1462 |
1459 in topic: |
Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
Art – Literature – Music – Science |
Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1459 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1459[]
- September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force.
- October 12 - Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais.
- First mention of the Wallachian town of Bucharest.
- City of Jodhpur, in western India, founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.
Gregorian calendar | 1459 MCDLIX
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Ab urbe condita | 2212 |
Armenian calendar | 908 ԹՎ ՋԸ |
Bahá'í calendar | -385 – -384 |
Buddhist calendar | 2003 |
Coptic calendar | 1175 – 1176 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1451 – 1452 |
Hebrew calendar | 5219 – 5220 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1514 – 1515 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1381 – 1382 |
- Kali Yuga | 4560 – 4561 |
Holocene calendar | 11459 |
Iranian calendar | 837 – 838 |
Islamic calendar | 863 – 864 |
Japanese calendar | Chōroku
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- Imperial Year | Kōki 2119 (皇紀2119年) |
Julian calendar | 1504 |
Korean calendar | 3792 |
Thai solar calendar | 2002 |
Births[]
- March 2 - Pope Adrian VI (died 1523)
- March 6 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
- March 22 - Maximilian I (died 1519)
- October 6 - Martin Behaim, German explorer and cartographer (died 1507)
- December 22 - Cem, pretender to the Ottoman throne (died 1495)
- date unknown - Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (died 1521)
- probable - Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (died 1537)
Deaths[]
- March 3 - Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
- May 3 - Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (born 1382)
- September 23 - James Touchet (born 1400) (killed in battle)
- October 30 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (born 1380)
- November 5 - John Fastolf, English soldier
- December 4 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
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People of the year 1459 at Familypedia
9 people were born in 1459
2 children were born to the 1 women born in 1459
20 people died in 1459
969 people lived in 1459
Events of the year 1459 at Familypedia
12 people were married in 1459.
Joined with | |
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John Douglas, 2nd Earl of Morton (bef1466-1513) | Janet Crichton (1461-) |
Catherine Kennedy (c1441-) | Alexander Montgomerie (c1445-c1468) |
Isabel Leigh (1440-1475) | Lawrence Warren (1435-1474) |
Alexander Montgomerie (c1445-c1468) | Catherine Kennedy (c1441-) |
Joan of Scotland, Countess of Morton (c1428-1486) | James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Angus (-1446)+James Douglas, 1st Earl of Morton (-1493) |
Lawrence Warren (1435-1474) | Isabel Leigh (1440-1475) |
Albrecht von Sachsen (1443-1500) | Sidonie von Böhmen (1449-1510) |
George de Vere (c1450-1503) | Margaret Talbot (-1472)+Margaret Stafford (-) |
Sidonie von Böhmen (1449-1510) | Albrecht von Sachsen (1443-1500) |
Adolf X. von Holstein-Schauenburg (1419-1474) | Irmgard von Hoya (-c1481) |
Nikolaus III. von Tecklenburg-Schwerin (c1435-1508) | Mechtild von Berg s'Herrenberg (c1440-c1512) |
Johann V. zu Salm-Kyrburg (1436-1495) | Johannette von Salm (-1496) |
There were 1 military battles in 1459.
Event date | |
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Battle of Blore Heath | 23 September 1459 JL |