1458

Year '1458' was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1458

Births

Deaths

Events of 1458

★ January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary

★ Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford

★ George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia

★ August 19 - Pope Pius II succeeds Pope Calixtus III as the 210th pope.

★ October 24 - King Afonso V of Portugal conquers Al Kasr Ceger in the North Africa.

★ Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens.

Births

★ February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)

★ May 2 - Leonor of Viseu, Princess and later Queen of Portugal (died 1525)

★ May 25 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)

★ October 3 - Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (died 1484)

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

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (died 1530)

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★ Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (died 1541)

★ ''probable''

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★ Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (died 1527)

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★ Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (died 1483)

Deaths

★ February 20 - Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia

★ March 25 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (born 1398)

★ June 27 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (born 1396)

★ August 6 - Pope Callixtus III (born 1378)

★ December 26 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (born 1393)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ John II of Cyprus

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★ James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton

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★ Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arc