Explore 83 historical events from 1450–1459.
The Wars of the Roses, known at the time and in following centuries as the Civil Wars, and also the Cousins' War, were a series of armed confrontations, machinations, battles and c…
Start of the Wars of the Roses: At the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry
Andrea Gritti was the Doge of the Venetian Republic from 1523 to 1538, following a distinguished diplomatic and military career. He started out as a successful merchant in Constant…
Andrea Gritti, Doge of Venice (died 1538)
Wolfgang I of Oettingen was a Count of Oettingen-Oettingen.
Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (died 1522)
Frederik of Baden was a German nobleman who served as Bishop of Utrecht from 1496 until his resignation in 1517.
Frederick IV of Baden, Dutch bishop (died 1517)
Deposed Queen Yun of the Haman Yun clan was the second wife of Yi Hyeol, King Seongjong and the mother of Yi Yung, Prince Yeonsan. She was Queen of Joseon from 1476 until her depos…
Queen Yun, Korean queen (died 1482)
John II was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern. After his death he received the cognomen Cicero, after the Roman orator of th…
John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (died 1499)
George of Bavaria referred to as the Rich, was the last duke of Bavaria-Landshut. He was a son of Louis IX the Rich and Amalia of Saxony.
George, duke of Bavaria (died 1503)
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, 4th Earl of Somerset, 1st Earl of Dorset, 1st Marquess of Dorset styled 1st Count of Mortain,, was an English nobleman and an important figur…
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (born 1406)
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, also 8th Lord of Skipton, was the elder son of John, 7th Baron de Clifford, and Elizabeth Percy.
Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (born 1414)
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland was an English nobleman and military commander in the lead up to the Wars of the Roses. He was the son of Henry "Hotspur" Percy, and the gra…
Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English commander (born 1393)
The Thirteen Years' War, also called the War of the Cities, was a conflict fought in 1454–1466 between the Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, a…
1454–1466 Thirteen Years' War: The Battle for Kneiphof ended with a decisive victory for the Teutonic Order.
The Thirteen Years' War, also called the War of the Cities, was a conflict fought in 1454–1466 between the Prussian Confederation, allied with the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland, a…
Thirteen Years' War: In the Battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by the Teutonic knights.
Bogislaw X of Pomerania, the Great, was Duke of Pomerania from 1474 until his death in 1523.
Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (died 1523)
Joanna of Aragon was Queen of Naples as the second wife of King Ferdinand I. She served as regent of Naples between the abdication and flight of her husband's son Alfonso II on 22 …
Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (died 1517)
Agnolo Ambrogini, commonly known as Angelo Poliziano or simply Poliziano, anglicized as Politian, was an Italian classical scholar and poet of the Florentine Renaissance. His schol…
Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (died 1494)
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion, a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and par…
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (died 1483)
John II of Castile was King of Castile and León from 1406 to 1454. He succeeded his older sister, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, as Prince of Asturias in 1405.
John II, king of Castile and León (born 1405)
The Fall of Constantinople, also known as the Conquest of Constantinople, was the capture of Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, by the Ottoman Empire. The ci…
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Ro
The Battle of Castillon was a battle between the forces of England and France which took place on 17 July 1453 in Gascony near the town of Castillon-sur-Dordogne. On the day of th…
Battle of Castillon: The last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under…
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran was the elder daughter of King James II of Scotland and Mary of Guelders. King James III of Scotland was her eldest brother. She married twice: firs…
Mary Stewart, Countess of Arran, Scottish princess (died 1488)
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba was a Spanish general and statesman. He led military campaigns during the Conquest of Granada and the Italian Wars, after which he served as Viceroy of…
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Spanish general (died 1515)
Ulubatlı Hasan, also known as Baba Hasan Ağa the Standard Bearer or Baba Hasan-ı ‘Alemî, was the sekbanbaşı who erected the first standard on the Byzantine walls during the Conques…
Ulubatlı Hasan, Ottoman commander (born 1428)
Constantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus was the last reigning Byzantine emperor from 23 January 1449 until his death in battle at the fall of Constantinople on 29…
Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor (born 1404)
Álvaro de Luna y Fernández de Jarava, was a Castilian statesman, favourite of John II of Castile. He served as Constable of Castile and as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. He…
Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castile