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Year 1457 (MCDLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • February 11 – After years of captivity and absence from the Ming throne, the Zhengtong Emperor of China is reinstated as the Tianshun Emperor.
  • February 24 – Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.
  • April 12 – Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.
  • June 23 – Christian I is elected king of Sweden, ending the war between Sweden and Denmark and restoring the Kalmar union.
  • August 14 – The Mainz Psalter, the second major book printed with movable type in the West, the first to be wholly finished mechanically (including colour) and the first to carry a printed date, is printed for the Elector of Mainz.
  • September 2 – Battle of Ujëbardha: One of Skanderbeg's most important victories against the Ottoman army in the open field.

    • Date unknown

  • Albrechts University is founded at Freiburg im Breisgau.
  • Edo Castle is built by Ōta Dōkan in modern-day Tokyo.

    • Births

  • January 18 – Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508)
  • January 28 – King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
  • February 2 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat (d. 1526)
  • February 13 – Mary of Burgundy, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
  • August 20 – Seongjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1494)
  • September 21 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Polish princess (d. 1502)
  • November 16 – Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian Queen (d. 1508)
  • date unknown
  • Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
  • Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (d. 1501)
  • George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483)
  • probable
  • Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521)
  • Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)
  • Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 1525)

    • Deaths

  • March 14 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
  • March 16 – László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
  • May 22 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
  • August 1 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
  • August 19 – Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b. 1421)
  • September 22 – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
  • November 23 – King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
  • date unknown
  • Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)

    • References

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