Years: 1455 1456 1457 - 1458 - 1459 1460 1461

Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
• Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia
• Pope Pius II becomes pope
• Turks sack the Acropolis

Births

• Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet

Deaths

• June 27 - Alfonso V of Aragon
• August 6 - Pope Callixtus III
• Marques de Santillana, Spanish poet

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