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Years: 1450Events March French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen April 15 Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and 1451Events February 3 Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II. April 11 Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II. June 30 French troops under the Comte de Dunois inv 1452Events October English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne and retake most of the province without a fight. Births March 10 Ferdinand II of Aragon April 15 Leonardo da Vinci July 10 King James III of Scotland (killed in 1488) 1453Events May 29 Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). July 17 Battle of Castillon. The French under Jean Bureau utterly defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbu 1454Events February 4 In the Thirteen Years' War, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master. March 6 Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the Teutonic Knights March 27 Richard Plantagenet, Du 1455Events February 9 Wars of the Roses: Richard, Duke of York dismissed as Protector February 23 Johannes Gutenberg prints the first Bible on a printing press May 22 Wars of the Roses: First Battle of St Albans Richard, Duke of York and his ally, Richard Nev 1456Events July 7 Joan of Arc acquitted (but she had already been executed). July 21 July 22. Battle of Belgrade. The Hungarians under John Hunyadi rout the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II August 20 Vladislav II, reigning Prince of Wallachia is killed in bat 1457Events University of Freiburg founded. Stefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia which he retains for the next 47 years. Edo Castle was built by Ota Dokan in what is now Tokyo. Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jons Ben 1458 1459
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