What happened in 1459?
13 recorded events in 1459, including 7 in people, 4 in wars & conflicts and 1 in architecture & engineering.
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Wars & Conflicts 4
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Battle of Blore Heath
1459 battle in the English Wars of the Roses
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Battle of Ludford Bridge
1459 battle of the Wars of the Roses
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Siege of Smederevo
1459 siege
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Battle of Sarakhs
1459 battle of the Timurid wars of succession
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People 7
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Eric of Pomerania died
King of Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Kalmar Union
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Gregory III of Constantinople died
Ecumenical Patriarch
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Bertrandon de La Broquière died
15th-century Burgundian travel writer
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Adrian VI born
Born in Utrecht. Pope of the Catholic Church from 1522 to 1523 (1459–1523).
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Martin Behaim born
Born in Nuremberg. German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal (1459–1507).
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Cem Sultan born
Born in Edirne. Ottoman prince and pretender at the throne.
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Conrad Celtes born
Born in Wipfeld. German Renaissance humanist scholar and poet (1459-1508).
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Religion & Belief Systems 1
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Sitti Hatun Mosque
Mosque in Bursa, northwestern Turkey
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Architecture & Engineering 1
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Duomo di Pienza
Cathedral
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