Explore 83 historical events from 1450–1459.
Loukas Notaras was a Byzantine Greek statesman who served as the last megas doux or grand duke and the last mesazon of the Byzantine Empire, under emperors John VIII Palaiologos an…
Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos was the last Grand Domestic of the Byzantine Empire. Present in the city at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453, he was one of the group of high…
Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, Byzantine commander
Dmitriy Yurievich Shemyaka was the second son of Yury of Zvenigorod by Anastasia of Smolensk and grandson of Dmitri Donskoi. His hereditary patrimony was the rich northern town Gal…
Dmitry Shemyaka, Grand Prince of Moscow
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, 1st Earl of Waterford, 7th Baron Talbot, KG, known as "Old Talbot" and "Terror of the French" was an English nobleman and a noted military comm…
John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English commander and politician (born 1387)
Enguerrand de Monstrelet was a French chronicler. He was born in Picardy, most likely into a family of the minor nobility.
Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French historian and author (born 1400)
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…
With the fall of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans
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…
The Battle of Castillon, the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War, ended with the English losing all holdings in…
Frederick, sometimes called Frederick IV or Frederick of Aragon, was the last King of Naples from the Neapolitan branch of the House of Trastámara, ruling from 1496 to 1501. He was…
Frederick IV, King of Naples (died 1504)
Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, and called the "arbiter of Italy" by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan…
Ludovico Sforza, Italian son of Francesco I Sforza (died 1508)
Lucrezia Crivelli (1464-1534), was an Italian noblewoman and lady-in-waiting. She was a mistress of Ludovico Sforza "il Moro", Duke of Milan. She was the mother of Sforza's son, Gi…
Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (died 1508)
Abraham Zacuto was a Sephardic Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian. Born in Castile, he served as Royal Astronomer to King John II of Portugal before …
Abraham Zacuto, Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (died 1515)
John Stafford was a medieval English prelate and statesman who served as Lord Chancellor (1432–1450) and as Archbishop of Canterbury (1443–1452).
John Stafford, English archbishop and politician
Jacques Cœur was a French government official and state-sponsored merchant whose personal fortune became legendary and led to his eventual disgrace. He initiated regular trade rout…
Jacques Cœur is arrested by order of Charles VII of France.
Isabella I, also known as Isabella the Catholic, was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife…
Isabella I of Castile (died 1504)
René II was Count of Vaudémont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar from 1483 to 1508. He claimed the crown of the Kingdom of Naples and the County of Provence as…
René II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1508)
Engelbert II of Nassau, Engelbrecht in Dutch, was count of Nassau and Vianden and lord of Breda, Lek, Diest, Roosendaal, Nispen and Wouw. He was a soldier and courtier, for some ti…
Engelbert II of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (died 1504)
Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney was an English soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician.
Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (died 1508)
James III was King of Scots from 1460 until his death at the Battle of Sauchieburn in 1488. He inherited the throne as a child following the death of his father, King James II, at …
James III of Scotland (died 1488)
Lady Isabel Neville was the elder daughter and co-heiress of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, and Anne de Beauchamp, suo jure 16th Countess of Warwick. She was the wife of Ge…
Isabel Neville, daughter of Richard Neville (died 1476)
Barbara of Cilli or Barbara of Celje, was the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by marriage to Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. She was actively involved in politics…
Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
Elisabeth of Görlitz reigned as Duchess of Luxembourg from 1411 to 1443.
Elizabeth of Görlitz (born 1390)
Jack Cade's Rebellion or Cade's Rebellion was a popular revolt in 1450 against the government of England, which took place in the south-east of the country between the months of Ap…
Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI
The Timurid dynasty, self-designated as Gurkani, was the ruling dynasty of the Timurid Empire (1370–1507). It was a Sunni Muslim dynasty or Barlās clan of Turco-Mongol origin desce…
Timurid monarch 'Abd al-Latif is assassinated
The Ottoman Empire, historically also known as the Turkish Empire, was a state that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th century to the early…
A large Ottoman force begins the siege of Albanian rebel forces in Krujë, that ultimately will fail