Today in History for Year 1455
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Months in Year 1455: January February March April May August December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 5 of 5
Feb 23rd - Johannes Gutenberg prints 1st book, Bible (estimated date)
Apr 8th - Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
May 3rd - Jews flee Spain
May 22nd - Open battle in England's 30-year War of the Roses (St Albans)
May 22nd - Richard of York takes St Albans, kidnapping King Henry VI
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 4 of 4
Feb 2nd - King John of Denmark (d. 1513)
Mar 3rd - King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
Mar 15th - Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
Aug 2nd - Johan Cicero, elect of Brandenburg (1486-99)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 7 of 7
Jan 8th - Laurentius Justitianus, [Lorenzo Giustiniani], saint, dies at 73
Feb 18th - Fra Angelico, Italian monk/painter, dies
Mar 24th - Nicholas V, [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57
Mar 24th - Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies
May 22nd - Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
May 22nd - Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (b. 1406)
Dec 1st - Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77
