1457 Explained

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

Events

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. The 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.
• March 6  - King James II of Scotland decrees that ". . . English: ye futebawe and ye golf be uterly cryt done and not usyt . . ", the first historical mention of the game of golf.
• 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.
• June 29  - The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire.^[1]
• 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 is won 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)^[2]
• February 2  - Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat (d. 1526)
• February 13  - Mary of Burgundy, sovereign duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to 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)
  • George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483)
• probable
  • Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521)^[3]
  • Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)^[4]
  • 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)^[5]
• 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 12  - Gabriele Sforza, Archbishop of Milan (b. 1423)^[6]
• September 14  - Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau (b. 1432)
• September 22  - Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
• November 3  - Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (b. 1439)
• November 23  - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
• December 24  - Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1441)
• date unknown
  • Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)
  • Bartolomeu Perestrello, Portuguese navigator and explorer (b. 1395)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Building. 2020-12-03. Vrienden van de Grote Kerk Dordrecht. en-US.
2. Book: Roger Lockyer. Andrew Thrush. Henry VII. 19 September 2014. Routledge. 978-1-317-89432-2. 7.
3. Book: Clayton J. Drees. The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. 2001. Greenwood Publishing Group. 978-0-313-30588-7. 68.
4. Book: Lucia Corrain. The Art of the Renaissance. 2008. The Oliver Press, Inc.. 978-1-934545-04-1. 17.
5. Book: Zsigmond M¢ricz. Be Faithful Unto Death. 1 January 1995. Central European University Press. 978-1-85866-060-8. 305.
6. Book: O. J. Schnaubelt. Joseph C. Schnaubelt. Frederick Van Fleteren. Augustine in Iconography: History and Legend. 1999. P. Lang. 978-0-8204-2291-6. 339.