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Year 1459 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1459

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.
The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.
The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.

Births

March 2 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)

March 6 - Jacob 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)Further Information

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