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Year 1455 (MCDLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

January–December

  • 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,' Later there was a dramatic reversal when, in 1537 the bull Sublimis Deus of Pope Paul III, forbade the enslavement of non-Christians.
  • 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.
  • Spring – The Wars of the Roses begin in England.
  • May 1 – Battle of Arkinholm: Forces loyal to King James II of Scotland defeat the supporters of Earl of Douglas.
  • May 22 – First Battle of St Albans: Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
  • July – Siege of Berat.

    • Births

  • January 9 – William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg, Count of Ravensberg (1475–1511) (d. 1511)
  • February 2 – King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (d. 1513)
  • February 22 – Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist, scholar of Greek and Hebrew (d. 1522)
  • March 3
  • King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
  • Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (d. 1505)
  • March 15 – Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
  • May 16 – Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (d. 1522)
  • June 1 – Anne of Savoy, Savoy royal (d. 1480)
  • July 9 – Frederick IV of Baden, Dutch bishop (d. 1517)
  • July 15 – Deposed Queen Lady Yun, Korean Queen (d. 1482)
  • August 2 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
  • August 15 – George, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)
  • November 9 – Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz, Lord of Breda and Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (d. 1516)
  • date unknown
  • Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (approximate date) (d. 1529)
  • Estefania Carròs i de Mur, Spanish educator (approximate date) (d. 1511)
  • Nicholas Barnham, Knight, killed in the War of the Roses (d. 1485)

    • Deaths

  • February 18 – Fra Angelico, Italian painter (b. 1395)
  • March 24 – Pope Nicholas V (b. 1397)
  • April 1 – Zbigniew Oleśnicki, Polish cardinal and statesman (b. 1389)
  • May 1 – Archibald Douglas, Earl of Moray (in battle)
  • May 22 (killed at the First Battle of St Albans)
  • Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, Lancastrian commander (b. 1393)
  • Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, Lancastrian commander (b. 1406)
  • Thomas Clifford, 8th Baron de Clifford, Lancastrian commander (b. 1414)
  • 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)

    • References

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