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Year
1454
was a
Common Year Starting On Tuesday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian Calendar
.
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
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''
---
Catherine Cornaro
, Queen of Cyprus (died
1510
)
---
Domenico Maria Novara Da Ferrara
, Italian astronomer (died
1504
)
---
Pinturicchio
, Italian painter (died
1513
)
DEATHS
March 22
-
John Kemp
,
Archbishop Of Canterbury
July 20
- King
John II Of Castile
(born
1405
)
''date unknown''
---
Chiara Zorzi
, regent of Athens
---
William Turnbull
, Bishop of Glasgow
---
Robert Wingfield
, English politician (born
1403
)