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1450
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
| Years: 1447 1448 1449 - 1450 - 1451 1452 1453 |
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| Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s |
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| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century 1450 in art| |
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Events
- March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen
- April 15 - Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen
- May 8 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
- June 18 - Battle of Seven Oaks. Jack Cade'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
- Universitat de 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.
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Births
- August 18 - Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (died 1524)
- William Catesby, English politician (died 1485)
- Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (died 1501)
- Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer (died 1517)
- Bartolommeo Montagna, Italian painter (died 1523)
- Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exeter
- Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (died 1512)
- Arnolt Schlick, German composer and organist
- Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (died 1513)
- Pietro Antonio Solari, Italian architect (died 1493)
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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 18 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (born 1397)
- June 10 - William Tresham, English politician
- August 27 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
- Louis Aleman, French cardinal
- James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele
- Francis I, Duke of Brittany (born 1414)
- Thomas Occleve, English poet (born 1368)
- 'Abd al-Latif, ruler of Transoxonia
