1459 - Definition and Overview

Events

• September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force.
• October 12 - Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais

Births

• March 22 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
• March - Pope Adrian VI
• October 6 - Martin Behaim, navigator, geographer († 1507)
• Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist and composer
• Jean Mouton, French composer of motets

Deaths

• October 10 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini (humanist)