1455
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s |
| Years: | 1452 1453 1454 - 1455 - 1456 1457 1458 |
| 1455 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1455 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1455
- January 8 - Pope Nicholas V publishes Romanus Pontifex, an encyclical addressed to King Afonso V of Portugal, which sanctions the conquest of non-Christian lands, and the reduction of native non-Christian populations to 'perpetual slavery'.
- February 23 - The Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with movable type.
- April 8 - Pope Calixtus III succeeds Pope Nicholas V as the 209th pope.
- The Wars of the Roses begin.
- May 18 - Battle of Arkinholm: King James II of Scotland defeats the Earl of Douglas.
- May 22 - First Battle of St Albans: Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
| Gregorian calendar | 1455 MCDLV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2208 |
| Armenian calendar | 904 ԹՎ ՋԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -389 – -388 |
| Berber calendar | 2405 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1999 |
| Burmese calendar | 817 |
| Chinese calendar | 4091/4151-12-14 (甲戌年十二月十四日) — to —
4092/4152-11-23(乙亥年十一月廿三日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1171 – 1172 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1447 – 1448 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5215 – 5216 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1510 – 1511 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1377 – 1378 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4556 – 4557 |
| Holocene calendar | 11455 |
| Iranian calendar | 833 – 834 |
| Islamic calendar | 859 – 860 |
| Japanese calendar | Kyōtoku 4Kōshō 1 (康正元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3788 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1998 |
[edit] Births
- February 2 - King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (d. 1513)
- March 3 - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
- March 15 - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
- August 2 - John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
- Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (approximate date) (d. 1529)
[edit] Deaths
- February 18 - Fra Angelico, Italian painter (b. 1395)
- March 24 - Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397)
- April 1 - Zbigniew Cardinal Oleśnicki, Polish bishop and statesman (b. 1389)
- May 18 - Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (in battle)
- May 22 - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (in battle)
- May 22 - Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (in battle) (b. 1406)
- May 22 - Humphrey Stafford, Earl of Stafford (in battle)
- September 3 - Alonso Tostado, Spanish Catholic bishop
- October 22 - Johannes Brassart, Flemish composer
- December 1 - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor and metal smith (b. 1378)
- December 2 - Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (b. 1432)
