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1459
Years:
1456
1457
1458
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1459
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1460
1461
1462
Decades
:
1420s
1430s
1440s
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1450s
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1460s
1470s
1480s
Centuries
:
14th century
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15th century
-
16th century
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Events
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
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Births
March 22
-
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
March
-
Pope Adrian VI
October 6
-
Martin Behaim
,
navigator
,
geographer
(†
1507
)
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Deaths
October 10
-
Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini
(humanist)