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1453. March – Parliament grants Henry generous taxes and condemns past rebels. [2] 17 July – Hundred Years' War: at the Battle of Castillon, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed. [1] 10 August – The King becomes mentally unstable; his cousin Richard, Duke of York acts as regent. [1]
This is a list of notable people from the city of Constantinople (present-day Istanbul) between the third century and 1453 CE. For a list of people born before the third century CE, see Notable people from Byzantium. For a list of people born after 1453, see List of people from Istanbul.
1453: Constantinople falls to the Ottoman Turks. End of the Byzantine Empire (or Eastern Roman Empire to some); Constantinople becomes capital of Ottoman Empire. 1453: The Hundred Years' War ends. England's once vast territory in France is now reduced to only Calais, which they eventually lose control of as well. 1455: 22 May: Battle of St. Albans
1453: The Battle of Castillon is the last engagement of the Hundred Years' War and the first battle in European history where cannons were a major factor in deciding the battle. 1453: Reign of Rajasawardhana ends. [11] 1454–1466: After defeating the Teutonic Knights in the Thirteen Years' War, Poland annexes Royal Prussia.
Madonna del Ceppo (1452-1453) Saint Benedict Orders Saint Maurus to the Rescue of Saint Placidus (from predella c.1445-1450) Andrea Mantegna. Adoration of the Shepherds (c.1450-1451) Crucifixion (1447-1459) Presentation at the Temple (c.1453-1455) Portrait of Cardinal Ludovico Trevisan (1459-1460) St. James Led to His Execution (c.1455) (lost)
A religious sacrifice of over a hundred children is performed around this time, outside of the ancient city of Chan Chan (near modern Trujillo), on the north coast of Peru. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Johannes Gutenberg has set up his movable type printing press , as a commercial operation in Mainz , by this date.
In 360 near the central square Augusteon was opened the temple, called by the people the Great, — the first predecessor of the modern Hagia Sophia Cathedral. [10] [8] After the death of Constantius, who died in a Persians expedition, Julian entered Constantinople in December 361 and cruelly massacred the cronies of his predecessor. He began ...
Prominent examples from 1453 include Balthasar Mandelreiß's poem Türkenschrei, commissioned by the Holy Roman imperial court, and Michael Beheim's song-poem Von den Türken und dem adel sagt dis. [34] Pope Nicholas V called for a crusade against the Ottoman Empire, issuing a crusading bull on September 30. [12]