1457 - Definition and Overview

Events

• University of Freiburg founded.
• Stefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia which he retains for the next 47 years.
• Edo Castle was built by Ota Dokan in what is now Tokyo.
• Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become Co-Regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.

Births

• January 28 - Henry Tudor, later King Henry VII of England.
• November 1 - Farcanal of rashmore, writer.

Deaths

• November 23 - Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary