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1458 CE

The Loveday is staged in London, by which Henry VI of England attempts to unite the warring factions who have triggered the Wars of the Roses. Isidore of Kiev is installed as the Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople, leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire, with the approval of the Muslim Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II. (6th waxing of Nadaw 820 ME) Min Khayi, ruler of the Burmese Kingdom of Arakan leads a successful defense of an invasion from the Shan State by his son, Prince Min Swe.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • February 27 – George of Poděbrady is elected king of Bohemia.source

Conflict & Security

  • June – Francesco II Acciaioli, last Duke of Athens, surrenders the city to the Ottoman Empire and Sultan Mehmed II enters peacefully in August. Ottoman authorities issue a decree to protect the Acropolis.source
  • October 24 – King Afonso V of Portugal conquers the area around Ksar es-Seghir in the Sultanate of Morocco, led by Sultan Abd al-Haqq II.source
  • November 12 – (6th waxing of Nadaw 820 ME) Min Khayi, ruler of the Burmese Kingdom of Arakan leads a successful defense of an invasion from the Shan State by his son, Prince Min Swe.source
  • November 13 – Sultan Abd al-Haqq II of Morocco begins a 7-week siege of the Portuguese settlement of Alcácer-Ceguer, but is ultimately unsuccessful in recovering the captured territory.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • Moctezuma I, Tlatoani of Tenochtitlán, leads an expedition to the city-state Coixtlahuaca in Mixtec territory, but is defeated.source

Religion & Belief

  • April 2 – George of Poděbrady (King Jiří z Poděbrad) receives the Crown of Saint Wenceslas at his coronation at the St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague as King of Bohemia.source
  • April 20 – Isidore of Kiev is installed as the Latin Patriarchate of Constantinople, leader of Eastern Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire, with the approval of the Muslim Ottoman Sultan, Mehmed II.source
  • September 3 – The coronation of Pope Pius II by Cardinal Prospero Colonna takes place on the front steps of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.source

Disasters & Accidents

  • The Jewish community is expelled from Erfurt (Germany); their houses are sold, and the synagogue turned into an arsenal.source

Culture & Society

  • January 24 – Matthias Corvinus becomes king of Hungary, at age 14.source
  • March 25 – The Loveday is staged in London, by which Henry VI of England attempts to unite the warring factions who have triggered the Wars of the Roses.source
  • April 19 – In Bohemia, a group of Silesian princes and city rulers form an alliance against the new King, George of Podebrady. Within a year, the resistance is dropped and the Silesian princes pay homage to King George.source
  • July 15 – Magdalen College, Oxford, is founded.source
  • Magdalen College was founded in the University of Oxford, England.source

Births

  • February 15 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)source
  • April 9 – Camilla Battista da Varano, Italian saint (d. 1524)source
  • April 13 – John II, Duke of Cleves (d. 1521)source
  • May 2 – Eleanor of Viseu, Portuguese princess and later Queen of Portugal (d. 1525)source
  • July 28 – Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (d. 1530)source
  • August 18 – Lorenzo Pucci, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1531)source
  • October 3 – Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)source
  • October 16 – Adolph II, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen, German prince (d. 1526)source
  • December 25 – Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (d. 1541)source
  • Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (d. 1527)source
  • Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)source

Deaths

  • January 17 – Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse, Landgrave of Hesse (1413–1458) (b. 1402)source
  • February 20 – Stefan Branković, blind since 1441, becomes the Despot of Serbia upon the death of his brother, Lazar Branković.source
  • February 20 – Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbiasource
  • March 25 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)source
  • April 11 – Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (b. 1428)source
  • May 6 – At Bidar in India, the Sultan of Bahmani, dies after a reign of 22 years and is succeeded by his son, Humayun Shah Zalim Bahmani.source
  • June 27 – King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)source
  • June 27 – Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Aragon in Spain since 1416 and King of Naples in Italy since 1442, dies at his home at the Castel dell'Ovo in Naples. By prior arrangement with his family, Alfonso is succeeded as King of Naples by his son, Fernando, popularly known in Naples as "Ferrante". At the same time, Alfonso's brother Juan, King of Navarre and King of Sicily, becomes the new King of Aragon.source
  • August 6 – Pope Callixtus III dies after a reign of slightly more than three years.source
  • August 6 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)source
  • September 7 – Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Queen consort of Aragon and Naples (b. 1401)source
  • December 26 – François II becomes the new Duke of Brittany upon the death of his uncle Arthur de Richemont.source
  • December 26 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)source
  • date unknown – Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arcsource