1459
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Gregorian calendar | 1459 MCDLIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2212 |
Armenian calendar | 908 ԹՎ ՋԸ |
Assyrian calendar | 6209 |
Balinese saka calendar | 1380–1381 |
Bengali calendar | 866 |
Berber calendar | 2409 |
English Regnal year | 37 Hen. 6 – 38 Hen. 6 |
Buddhist calendar | 2003 |
Burmese calendar | 821 |
Byzantine calendar | 6967–6968 |
Chinese calendar | 戊寅年 (Earth Tiger) 4156 or 3949 — to — 己卯年 (Earth Rabbit) 4157 or 3950 |
Coptic calendar | 1175–1176 |
Discordian calendar | 2625 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1451–1452 |
Hebrew calendar | 5219–5220 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1515–1516 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1380–1381 |
- Kali Yuga | 4559–4560 |
Holocene calendar | 11459 |
Igbo calendar | 459–460 |
Iranian calendar | 837–838 |
Islamic calendar | 863–864 |
Japanese calendar | Chōroku 3 (長禄3年) |
Javanese calendar | 1375–1376 |
Julian calendar | 1459 MCDLIX |
Korean calendar | 3792 |
Minguo calendar | 453 before ROC 民前453年 |
Nanakshahi calendar | −9 |
Thai solar calendar | 2001–2002 |
Tibetan calendar | 阳土虎年 (male Earth-Tiger) 1585 or 1204 or 432 — to — 阴土兔年 (female Earth-Rabbit) 1586 or 1205 or 433 |
Year 1459 (MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- September 23 – Battle of Blore Heath: Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force.
- October 12 – Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais.
Date unknown
- The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.
- The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.
Births
- January 25 – Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist (d. 1537)
- March 2 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
- March 6 – Jakob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
- March 22 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
- October 6 – Martin Behaim, German explorer and cartographer (d. 1507)
- December 22 – Cem, pretender to the Ottoman throne (d. 1495)
- date unknown – Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (d. 1521)
- probable – Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (d. 1537)
Deaths
- March 3 – Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
- May 3 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
- September 23 – James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley (in battle) (born 1400)
- October 30 – Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b. 1380)
- November 5 – John Fastolf, English soldier
- December 4 – Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)