1455 - Definition and Overview

Events

• February 9 - Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector
• February 23 - Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press
• May 22 - Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans - Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick defeat the Lancastrians under Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, who is killed. York captures King Henry VI of England and has himself appointed Constable of England.

Year in topics

• 1455 in art

Births

• February 1 - King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden
• March 3 - King John II of Portugal († 1495)

Deaths

• March 24 - Pope Nicholas V