1459

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)