Editing 1451

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1451''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas V]] issues a [[Papal Bull]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.universitystory.gla.ac.uk/papal-bull/|title = University of Glasgow :: Story :: The Papal Bull}}</ref> to establish The [[University of Glasgow]]; classes are initially held in [[Glasgow Cathedral]].
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Murad II]], [[Ottoman dynasty|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]], dies and is succeeded (on [[February 18]]) by his son, [[Mehmed II]].
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Louis XI of France]] marries [[Charlotte of Savoy]].
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Celje]] acquires [[market town]] status and town rights, by orders from Count Frederic II of Celje.
* [[April 19]] &ndash; In the [[Delhi Sultanate]], the Afghan [[Lodi dynasty|Lodi Dynasty]] succeeds the Turkish [[Sayyid dynasty|Sayyid Dynasty]].
* [[June 30]] &ndash; French troops under [[Jean de Dunois]] invade [[Guyenne]], and capture [[Bordeaux]].
* [[August 20]] &ndash; The French capture [[Bayonne]], the last English stronghold in [[Guyenne]].
* [[October]] &ndash; After assassinating [[Bogdan II of Moldavia]], [[Petru Aron]] takes up the throne. 
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Revolt of Ghent (1449-1453)|Revolt of Ghent]]: [[Ghent]] takes up arms against [[Philip the Good]], [[Duke of Burgundy]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[The Great Peacemaker]] along with [[Jigonhsasee]] and [[Hiawatha]], found the [[Haudenosaunee]], commonly called the Iroquois Confederacy</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
[[File:Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio - Ritratto di Cristoforo Colombo (1520).jpg|thumb|120px|[[Christopher Columbus]]]]
* [[January 14]] &ndash; [[Franchinus Gaffurius]], Italian composer (d. [[1522]])
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[John, Prince of Portugal (1451)|John, Prince of Portugal]], Prince of Portugal (d. 1451)
* [[February 17]] &ndash; [[Raffaello Maffei]], Italian theologian (d. [[1522]])
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke]], English earl (d. [[1491]])
* [[March 9]] &ndash; [[Amerigo Vespucci]], Italian explorer (d. [[1512]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=((Chase's Editors))|author2=Contemporary Books|title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1NnUNBh6jIAC|date=September 2002|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-07-139098-9|page=169}}</ref>
* [[April 22]] &ndash; Queen [[Isabella I of Castile]], Castillian queen regnant and first queen of a united Spain (by marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon) (d. [[1504]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Peggy K. Liss|title=Isabel the Queen: Life and Times|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VZt0BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|year=2004|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press|isbn=978-0-8122-1897-8|pages=9}}</ref>
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[René II, Duke of Lorraine]] (d. [[1508]])
* [[May 17]] &ndash; [[Engelbert II of Nassau]], Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d. [[1504]])
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney]], English soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician (d. [[1508]])
* [[July 10]] &ndash; [[James III of Scotland]] (d. [[1488]])<ref>{{cite web |title=King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland |url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesiii.html |website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk |access-date=29 January 2021}}</ref>
* [[September 5]] &ndash; [[Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence]], elder daughter of Richard Neville (d. [[1476]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Amy Licence|title=Anne Neville: Richard III's Tragic Queen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eFWoAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT29|date=15 April 2013|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=978-1-4456-1177-8|pages=29–}}</ref>
* [[November 29]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Württemberg]] (d. [[1524]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Christopher Columbus]], Italian-born explorer (d. [[1506]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Christopher Columbus {{!}} Biography, Voyages, & Facts |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Christopher-Columbus |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=21 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Ignatius Noah of Lebanon]], Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (d. [[1509]]).<ref>{{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first=Aphrem|date=2003|title=The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences|edition=2nd|publisher=Gorgias Press|translator=Matti Moosa|author-link=Ignatius Aphrem I|url=https://archive.org/details/EphremBarsoumMattiMoosaTheScatteredPearlsAHistoryOfSyriacLiteratureAndSciences|accessdate=14 July 2020|pages=508–509}}</ref>
** [[Guru Jambheshwar]], Rajasthani founder of the Bishnoi Panth (d. 1536)

== Deaths ==
[[File:II. Murat.jpg|thumb|100px|right|Sultan [[Murad II]]]]

* [[January 7]] &ndash; [[Antipope Felix V]] (b. [[1383]])
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen]], Co-ruler of Nassau-Siegen (1442–1451) (b. [[1414]])<ref>{{cite book |last=Van den Berg |first=F.M. |editor-last1=Van der Klooster |editor-first1=L.J. |editor-last2=Tiethoff-Spliethoff |editor-first2=M.E. |editor-last3=Tamse |editor-first3=C.A. |editor-last4=Elzenga |editor-first4=E. |name-list-style=& |date=1992 |chapter=Een Nassau’s graf in Italië |title=Militaire entourage rondom Oranje en andere bijdragen over het Huis van Oranje. Oranje-Nassau Museum Jaarboek 1992 |language=nl |location=Zutphen |publisher=Walburg Pers |page=89 |isbn=90-6011-812-X }}</ref>
* [[February 3]] &ndash; [[Murad II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1404]])
* [[June]] &ndash; [[‘Abdullah (Timurid)|‘Abdullah]], Timurid Empire ruler
* [[July 11]] &ndash; [[Barbara of Cilli]], Holy Roman Empress, queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (b. [[1392]])
* [[October]] &ndash; [[Bogdan II of Moldavia]], assassinated by [[Petru Aron]]
* ''date unknown''
** [[Stefan Lochner]], German painter (b. [[1400]])
** [[John Lydgate]], English monk and poet (b. [[1370]])
** [[al-Mustakfi II]], [[Abbasid]] [[Caliph]]

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