1454

Year '1454' was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1454

Births

Deaths

Events of 1454

★ February 4 - In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master.

★ March 6 - Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the Teutonic Knights

★ March 27 - Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York becomes Protector for the insane King Henry VI of England

★ April 9 - Treaty of Lodi: Francesco Sforza forms a triple alliance between the duchy of Milan, republic of Florence and kingdom of Naples

★ September 18 - In the battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by a smaller but more professional Teutonic army during Thirteen Years' War.

★ December - King Henry having regained his sanity, the Duke of York is dismissed as Protector

★ The press of Johannes Gutenberg (at Mainz on the Rhine) produces the first printed documents bearing a date

Births

★ March 9 - Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (died 1512)

★ July 14 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (d. 1494)

★ September 4 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (died 1483)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (died 1510)

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★ Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Italian astronomer (died 1504)

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★ Pinturicchio, Italian painter (died 1513)

Deaths

★ March 22 - John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ July 20 - King John II of Castile (born 1405)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Chiara Zorzi, regent of Athens

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★ William Turnbull, Bishop of Glasgow

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★ Robert Wingfield, English politician (born 1403)