- April 19
- Alam Shah of Delhi resigns throne. [1]
- September 21
- Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge. [1]
1452
- March 9
- Pope Nicolaas I crowns Frederik III Roman Catholic-German emperor. [1]
- March 19
- Frederick III of Hapsburg crowned Roman German Emperor. [1]
- September 30
- Johann Guttenberg prints his first book, the Bible, at his workshop in Mainz, Germany. [1] [37]
1453
- January 6
- Emperor Frederik III becomes archduke of Austria. [1]
- April 2
- Mahmed II begins the seige of Constantinople. [5]
- April 21
- Turkish fleet sinks ships Golden Receiver in Constantinople. [1]
- May 29
- Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor, dies at age 49. [1]
- Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire. [1] [1036.1760] [1620.121]
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- French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated. [1]
1454
- April 9
- Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi. [1]
- August 22
- Jews are expelled from Brunn Moravia by order of King Ladislaus. [1]
1455
- January 8
- Laurentius Justitianus [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at age 73. [1]
- February 18
- Fra Angelico Italian monk/painter, dies. [1]
- March 24
- Nicholas V [Tommaso Parentucelli] Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at age 57. [1]
- Rudolf van Diepholt bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies. [1]
- April 8
- Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III. [1]
- May 3
- May 22
- Richard of York takes Saint Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI. [1] [241.9]
- December 1
- Lorenzo Ghiberti Italian sculptor, dies at age 77. [1]
1456
- March 30
- Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege. [1]
- April 7
- Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik. [1]
- May 1
- Hugues de Lannoy Flemish viceroy of Holland/Zealand, dies. [1]
- June 9
- 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet. [1]
- August 24
- The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed. [5]
- December 5
- Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die. [1]
1457
- July 2
- Kristian of Oldenburg, King of Norway and Denmark, is elected King of Sweden, after agreeing to limitations on royal prerogative. [7]
- August 14
- Oldest known exactly dated printed book (about three years after Gutenberg). [1]
1458
- January 24
- Matthias I Corvinus chosen king of Hungary. [1]
- March 2
- Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia. [1]
- March 25
- Inigo López de Mendoza Spanish marquis of Santillana/poet, dies. [1]
- July 15
- Death of Bl. Bernhard von Baden (born near Baden-Baden, 1428); margrave (Markgraf) of Baden. [37]
1459
- March 3
- Ausias March Catalan poet, dies. [1]
- May 2
- Pierozzi Antoninus Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies. [1]
- May 12
- Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur. [1]
1460
- March 6
- Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Islands for West Africa. [1]
- April 4
- University of Basle in Swizerland forms. [1]
- May 9
- Court yard episcopal palace Atrecht has witch burnings. [1]
- Jean Lavite Atrechts painter, dies. [1]
- November 13
- Henry the Navigator, prince of Portugal, dies at age 66. [1] [5] [1080.45]
1461
- February 2
- Second battle of Saint Alban's-Lancastrians defeat Yorkists. [1]
- March 4
- Battle at Towton: Duke Edward of York beats English queen Margaretha Edward IV recognized as king of England. [1]
- March 5
- Henry VI is deposed by Duke of York during War of the Roses. [1]
- March 29
- Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses). [1]
- July 22
- Charles VII king of France (1422-61), dies at age 58. [1]
1462
- April 22
- Gilbert of Lannoy master of Villerval/Tronchiennes/Santes, dies. [1]
- June 17
- (to June 18) Prince Vlad Dracula of Wallachia with several thousand men, attacks resting Ottoman army, killing 15,000. [1382.6]
- August 14
- First printed Bible to contain date and place of its publishing, and names of printers, by Johann Fust and Peter Schneffer of Mainz. [1429.10]
1463
- January 5
- French poet François Villon banished from Paris. [1]
- December 2
- Albrecht VI archduke of Habsburg, dies. [1]
- December 3
- Louis Chalon prince of Orange, dies. [1]
1464
- January 9
- First meeting of States-General of Netherlands. [1]
- June 19
- King Louis XI of France forms body of couriers for royal use, with private use by permission and fee. [1135]
- August 11
- Death of Nikolaus von Kues, German scholar in many areas, priest/bishop/cardinal, at age 63. [37]
1465
- December 22
- Peace of Saint Truiden: Louis van Bourbon becomes bishop of Luik. [1]
1466
- February 14
- First recorded lottery to involve buying of tickets and distribution of prize money, held in Bruges, Belgium, run to raise money for the poor of the town. [80.230]
- March 8
- Francesco Sforza Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at age 64. [1]
- October 30
- Death of Johann Fust, a financial backer of Johannes Gutenberg. [37]
1467
- January 30
- Battle at Velke Kostolany Hung king Mátyás Corvinus beats Bratríci. [1]
- June 15
- Philip the Good Duke of Burgundy, dies at age 76. [1]
1468
- February 3
- Death of Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz; invented printing in the Western World. The first printed bibles came from the press in the workshop of Johannes Gutenberg. [1] [37]
1469
- February 13
- Birth of Elijah Levita in Neustadt an der Aisch (Germany); scholar of the Hebrew language, dictionaries and grammars (died in 1549 in Venice, Italy). [37]
- October 19
- Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella of Castile, paving the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain. [5]
- December 3
- Piero de' Medici ruler of Florence, dies at about age 53. [1]
1470
- May 15
- King Karl Knutsson of Sweden dies. [7]
1471
- March 12
- Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel Dutch scholastic theologist, dies. [1]
- March 22
- George van Podiebrad king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies. [1]
- March 24
- Sir Thomas Malory author (Le Morte d'Arthur), dies at age 55. [1]
- April 11
- King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI. [1]
- April 14
- Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV versus Earl of Warwick. [1]
- Richard Neville Warwick second earl of Salisbury, dies at age 42. [1]
- May 1
- Thomas a Kempis spiritual writer (Navolging of Christ), dies at age 91. [1]
- May 4
- Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV defeats ex-Queen Margaretha. [1] [241.9]
- May 20
- Henry VI king of England (1422-61, 1470-71)/France (1431-71), dies. [1]
- May 21
- King Edwards IV enters London. [1]
- October 10
- The Battle of Brunkeberg takes place, north of Stockholm, between forces of Sten Sture and Ivar Axelsson on one side, and forces of the Union King Kristian, German soldiers, and many Swedish nobles on the other. The Sture forces command a decisive victory. Danish King Kristian is forced to sail back to Denmark, and make peace. [7]
- December 15
- Pope Sixtus IV sets aside display rooms on the Capitoline, and appoints a board to manage them. This is the world's first proper museum. [1382.83]
- December 17
- Isabella of Portugal duchess of Burgundy, dies. [1]
1472
- March 27
- Janus Pannonius Hungarian poet/translator, dies at age 37. [1]
- April 6
- Pieter Bladelin Belgium, land owner (Middelburg castle), dies. [1]
- April 15
- Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Philodoxis), dies at age 68. [1]
- April 25
- Leon Battista degli Alberti scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies. [1]
1474
- March 30
- Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland. [1]
- April 9
- Breisach land guardian Peter von Hagenbach throws out Walloon/Italians. [1]
- May 9
- Peter van Hagenbach Elzasser knight/land guardian, beheaded. [1]
- December 12
- Isabella crowns herself queen of Castile and Aragon. [1]
- December 13
- Accession ceremony for Isabella of Castile. [1433.39]
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