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Year
1459
was a
Common Year Starting On Monday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian Calendar
.
EVENTS OF 1459
September 23
-
Battle Of Blore Heath
. Yorkists under the
Earl Of Salisbury
defeat a Lancastrian force.
October 12
- Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of
Ludlow
,
The Duke Of York
flees to Ireland, while his ally
Warwick
goes to
Calais
.
First mention of the
Wallachia
n town of
Bucharest
.
City of
Jodhpur
, in western
India
, founded by
Rao Jodha
of
Marwar
.
BIRTHS
March 2
-
Pope Adrian VI
(died
1523
)
March 6
-
Jacob Fugger
, German banker (d.
1525
)
March 22
-
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
(died
1519
)
October 6
-
Martin Behaim
, German explorer and cartographer (died
1507
)
December 22
-
Cem
, pretender to the Ottoman throne (died
1495
)
''date unknown'' -
Edward Poyning
, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (died
1521
)
''probable'' -
Lorenzo Di Credi
, Florentine painter and sculptor (died
1537
)
DEATHS
March 3
-
Ausiàs March
, Catalan poet (b.
1397
)
May 3
-
Eric Of Pomerania
, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (born
1382
)
September 23
-
James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley
(born
1400
) (killed in battle)
October 30
-
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini
, Italian humanist (born
1380
)
November 5
-
John Fastolf
, English soldier
December 4
-
Adolf VIII
, Duke of Southern Jutland (b.
1401
)