1450

Year 1450 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1450

* February 7 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, marries Lady Margaret Beaufort.
* March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, 1st 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 Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen.
* May 8 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
* May 9 - 'Abd al-Latif Mirza (a Timurid monarch) is assassinated.
* June 18 - Battle of Seven Oaks: Jack Cade's rebels are driven from London by loyal troops, bringing about the collapse of the rebellion.
* July 6 - Caen surrenders to the French.
* August 12 - Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, surrenders to the French.

Undated

* The University of Barcelona is founded.
* Charles VIII of Sweden (who was also serving as Carl I of Norway) is declared deposed from the later throne in favor of Christian I of Denmark.
* Wolves enter Paris and kill 40 citizens.
* The Age of Discovery starts.
* Machu Picchu (Quechua: Machu Pikchu, "Old mountain") a pre-Columbian Inca site located 2,400 meters (7,875 ft) above sea level believed to be under construction. [cite web|url= http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=274 |title=Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu — UNESCO World Heritage Centre|date=2006 |accessdaymonth= 9 December |accessyear=2006 |publisher=UNESCO]

Births

* May 18 - Piero Soderini, Florentine statesman (d. 1513)
* August 18 - Marko Marulic, Croatian poet (d. 1524)
*"date unknown"
**William Catesby, English politician (d. 1485)
**Bartolomeo Montagna, Italian painter (d. 1523)
**Heinrich Isaak, German-Dutch composer (d. 1517)
**Josquin des Pres, Dutch composer (d. 1521)
*"probable"
**Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (d. 1516)
**Petrus Thaborita, Dutch historian and monk (d. 1527)
**Gaspar Corte-Real, Portuguese explorer (d. 1501)
**Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer (d. 1517)
**Hugh Oldham, Bishop of Exisist (d. 1519)
**Pietro Antonio Solari, Italian architect (d. 1493)

Deaths

* February 9 - Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France (b. 1421)
* May 2 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, English military leader (born 1396)
* May 9 - 'Abd al-Latif, ruler of Transoxonia
* May 18 - Sejong the Great of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1397)
* June 10 - William Tresham, English politician
* July 18 - Francis I, Duke of Brittany (b. 1414)
* August 27 - Reginald West, 6th Baron De La Warr, English politician (b. 1395)
* September 16 - Louis Aleman, French cardinal
*"date unknown"
**James Fiennes, 1st Baron Saye and Sele