1451 - Definition and Overview

Events

• February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
• April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II.
• June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux
• August 20 - The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
• Foundation of the University of Glasgow
• Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia
• Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement

Births

• April 22 - Princess Isabella of Castile, later Queen of Castile.
• October 30 (or another late-summer/early-fall date) - Christopher Columbus as "Cristoforo Colombo," in the independent Italian republic of Genoa. Another possible date is the Feast Day of St. Christopher, July 25
• John Cabot (probable date)
• Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset
• Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian music theorist and composer

Deaths

• February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
• November 7 - Amadeus VIII of Savoy

Marriages

• February 14 - Louis XI of France