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Year 1450 was a Common Year Starting On Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1450

February 7 - John De La Pole, 2nd Duke Of Suffolk , marries Margaret Beaufort .

March - French troops under Guy De Richemont besiege the English Commander in France , Edmund Beaufort, Duke Of Somerset , in Caen .

troops under the Comte De Clermont defeat an English Army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen .

ishmen revolt against King Henry VI .

May 9 - 'Abd Al-Latif Mirza ( Timurid monarch) assassinated.

's rebels are driven from London by loyal troops, bringing about the collapse of the rebellion.

July 6 - Surrender of Caen to the French .

August 12 - Surrender of Cherbourg , the last English territory in Normandy , to the French .

Undated

University Of Barcelona founded.

Charles VIII Of Sweden who was also serving as Carl I Of Norway is declared deposed from the later throne in favor of Christian I Of Denmark .

BIRTHS

May 18 - Piero Soderini , Florentine statesman (died 1513 )

August 18 - Marko Marulic , Croatian poet (died 1524 )

''date unknown''

--- William Catesby , English politician (died 1485 )

--- Bartolomeo Montagna , Italian painter (died 1523 )

--- Heinrich Isaak , German-Dutch composer (died 1517 )

--- Josquin Des Pres , Dutch composer (died 1521 )

''probable''

--- Hieronymus Bosch , Dutch painter (died 1516 )

--- Gaspar Corte-Real , Portuguese explorer (died 1501 )

--- Heinrich Isaac , Franco-Flemish composer (died 1517 )

--- Hugh Oldham , Bishop of Exeter (died 1519 )

--- Pietro Antonio Solari , Italian architect (died 1493 )

DEATHS

February 9 - Agnès Sorel , mistress of Charles VII Of France (b. 1421 )

May 2 - William De La Pole, 1st Duke Of Suffolk , English military leader (born 1396 )

May 9 - 'Abd Al-Latif , ruler of Transoxonia

May 18 - Sejong The Great Of Joseon , ruler of Korea (born 1397 )

June 10 - William Tresham , English politician

July 18 - Francis I, Duke Of Brittany (born 1414 )

August 27 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr , English politician (b. 1395 )

September 16 - Louis Aleman , French cardinal

''date unknown''

--- James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye And Sele