1457
This article is about the year 1457. January 28 King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
February 2 Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italo-Spanish
Year 1457 (MCDLVII) was a common year starting on historian and diplomat (d. 1526)
Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian
calendar. February 13 Mary of Burgundy, Sovereign
Duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
1 Events August 20 Seongjong of Joseon, King of Joseon
(d. 1494)
1.1 JanuaryDecember September 21 Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of
Bavaria, Polish princess (d. 1502)
February 11 After years of captivity and absence
from the Ming throne, the Zhengtong Emperor of November 16 Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian
China is reinstated as the Tianshun Emperor. Queen (d. 1508)
date unknown
February 24 Charles VIII of Sweden is declared
deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jns Bengtsson Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott be- Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (d.
come co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then of- 1501)
fered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway. George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483)
April 12 tefan cel Mare secures the throne of probable
Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.
Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist
June 23 Christian I is elected king of Sweden, (d. 1521)
ending the war between Sweden and Denmark and Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)
restoring the Kalmar union.
Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d.
August 14 The Mainz Psalter, the second major 1525)
book printed with movable type in the West, the
rst to be wholly nished mechanically (including
colour) and the rst to carry a printed date, is printed 3 Deaths
for the Elector of Mainz.
March 14 Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
September 2 Battle of Ujbardha: One of
Skanderbeg's most important victories against the March 16 Lszl Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman
Ottoman army in the open eld. and warrior (b. 1433)
May 22 Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b.
1.2 Date unknown 1381)
August 1 Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
Albrechts University is founded at Freiburg im
Breisgau. August 19 Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b.
1421)
Edo Castle is built by ta Dkan in modern-day
Tokyo. September 22 Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
November 23 King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bo-
hemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
2 Births
date unknown
January 18 Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (b.
Catholic cardinal (d. 1508) 1422)
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