1451
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s |
| Years: | 1448 1449 1450 - 1451 - 1452 1453 1454 |
| 1451 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1451 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1451
- February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
- April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II.
- June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux.
- August 20 - The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
- The University of Glasgow is founded.
- Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia.
- Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement.
- The Afghan lodi dynasty succeds the Turkish Sayyid dynasty.
| Gregorian calendar | 1451 MCDLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2204 |
| Armenian calendar | 900 ԹՎ Ջ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -393 – -392 |
| Berber calendar | 2401 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1995 |
| Burmese calendar | 813 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6959 – 6960 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年十一月廿九日 (4087/4147-11-29) — to —
辛未年十二月初九日(4088/4148-12-9) |
| Coptic calendar | 1167 – 1168 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1443 – 1444 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5211 – 5212 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1506 – 1507 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1373 – 1374 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4552 – 4553 |
| Holocene calendar | 11451 |
| Iranian calendar | 829 – 830 |
| Islamic calendar | 854 – 855 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōtoku 3 (宝徳3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3784 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1994 |
[edit] Births
- January 14 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
- April 22 - Queen Isabella of Castile (d. 1504)
- May 2 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
- September 5 - Isabella Neville (d. 1476)
- Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (d. 1506)
[edit] Deaths
- February 3 - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
- June - ‘Abdullah, Timurid Empire ruler
- July 11 - Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
- November 7 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)
- date unknown
- Stefan Lochner, painter (b. 1400)
- John Lydgate, English monk and poet (b. 1370)
