1459
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Year 1459 (MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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Events
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January–December
- 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.
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Date unknown
- The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.
- The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.
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Religion
- According to a legend, the wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz.
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Births
- January 25 – Paul Hofhaimer, Austrian organist (d. 1537)
- March 2 – Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
- March 6 – Jakob 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 Sultan, 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)
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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)
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