Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1420s  1430s  1440s  - 1450s -  1460s  1470s  1480s
Years:	1456 1457 1458 - 1459 - 1460 1461 1462

1459 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

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.
• The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.
• The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.

Births

• March 2 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
• March 6 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
• March 22 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
• October 6 - Martin Behaim, German explorer and cartographer (d. 1507)
• December 22 - Cem, pretender to the Ottoman throne (d. 1495)
• date unknown - Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (d. 1521)
• probable - Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (d. 1537)

Deaths

• March 3 - Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
• May 3 - Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
• September 23 - James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley (in battle) (born 1400)
• October 30 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b. 1380)
• November 5 - John Fastolf, English soldier
• December 4 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)