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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1454''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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===January&ndash;December===
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]]: The Secret Council of the [[Prussian Confederation]] sends a formal act of disobedience to the [[Grand Masters of the Teutonic Knights|Grand Master]], and the citizens of [[Toruń]] rebel against the [[Teutonic Knights]], beginning the conflict.
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Casimir IV of Poland]] renounces allegiance to the [[Teutonic Knights]].
* [[March 27]] &ndash; [[Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York]], becomes Protector for King [[Henry VI of England]], who is in a catatonic state.
* [[April 9]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Lodi]]: [[Francesco Sforza]] forms a triple alliance between the [[Duchy of Milan]], the [[Republic of Florence]] and [[Kingdom of Naples]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Christina J. Moose|title=Great Events from History: The Renaissance & early modern era, 1454-1600|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oKXxAAAAMAAJ|year=2005|publisher=Salem Press|isbn=978-1-58765-215-8|page=15}}</ref>
* [[August]] &ndash; In [[Moldavia]], [[Petru Aron]] retakes the throne from [[Alexăndrel of Moldavia|Alexăndrel]].
* [[September 18]] &ndash; [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–66)|Thirteen Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Chojnice (1454)|Battle of Chojnice]]: The [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Polish]] army is defeated by a smaller but more professional [[Teutonic Knights|Teutonic]] army.
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466)|Thirteen Years' War]]: [[Malbork treaty]] between the authorities of the Teutonic Order and the mercenary forces fighting for the Teutonic Order.
* [[December]] &ndash; King Henry VI of [[Kingdom of England|England]] having regained his sanity dismisses the Duke of York as Protector.

===Date unknown===
* The press of [[Johannes Gutenberg]] (at Mainz on the Rhine) produces the first printed documents bearing a date.
* Isaac Zarfati sends a circular letter to [[Rhineland]], [[Swabia]], [[Moravia]] and [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]], praising the happy conditions of the [[Jews]] under the crescent, in contrast to the "great torture chamber" under the cross, and urging them to come to the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turkishjews.com/history/letter.asp |title=Letter of Rabbi Isaac Zarfati |website=Turkishjews.com |access-date=2016-07-09}}</ref>
* The [[Statutes of Nieszawa]] are enacted in [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Poland]]. 
* The Drought of One Rabbit is recorded in Aztec history.
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== Births ==
* [[June 3]] &ndash; [[Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania]] (1474–1523) (d. [[1523]])
* [[June 16]] &ndash; [[Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples]] (d. [[1517]])
* [[July 14]] &ndash; [[Poliziano]], Italian humanist (d. [[1494]])
* [[September 4]] &ndash; [[Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]], English politician (d. [[1483]])
* [[September 24]] &ndash; [[Gerold Edlibach]], Swiss historian (d. [[1530]])
* [[November 25]] &ndash; [[Catherine Cornaro]], Queen of Cyprus (d. [[1510]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara]], Italian astronomer (d. [[1504]])
** [[Pinturicchio]], Italian painter (d. [[1513]])
** [[Choe Bu]], Korean official and venturer to China (d. [[1504]])
** [[Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany]] (d. [[1485]])

== Deaths ==
* [[March 22]] &ndash; [[John Kemp]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
* [[July 20]] &ndash; King [[John II of Castile]] (b. [[1405]])
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo]], Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.<ref>{{cite book | last1 =Barsoum| first=Ephrem |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 Barsoum|page=497}}</ref>
* ''date unknown''
** [[Chiara Zorzi]], regent of Athens
** [[William Turnbull (bishop)|William Turnbull]], Bishop of Glasgow
** [[Robert Wingfield]], English politician (b. [[1403]])

== References ==
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