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Year '1457' was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1457

Births

Deaths

Events of 1457

★ Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg is founded.

★ Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.

★ Edo Castle was built by Ōta Dōkan in what is now Tokyo.

★ Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become Co-Regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.

Births

★ January 28 - King Henry VII of England (died 1509)

★ February 13 - Mary of Burgundy, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1482)

★ November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (died 1505)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (died 1501)

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★ George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (died 1483)

★ ''probable''

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★ Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (died 1521)

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★ Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (died 1504)

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★ Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (died 1525)

Deaths

★ March 14 - Jingtai Emperor of China (born 1428)

★ March 16 - László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (born 1433)

★ May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (born 1381)

★ August 1 - Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist

★ November 23 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (born 1440)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (born 1422)

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★ Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter

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★ Peter II, Duke of Brittany (born 1418)