1454

Year 1454 (MCDLIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s 1470s
Years:	1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457

1454 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1454 MCDLIV
Ab urbe condita	2207
Armenian calendar	903 ԹՎ ՋԳ
Assyrian calendar	6204
Balinese saka calendar	1375–1376
Bengali calendar	861
Berber calendar	2404
English Regnal year	32 Hen. 6 – 33 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1998
Burmese calendar	816
Byzantine calendar	6962–6963
Chinese calendar	癸酉年 (Water Rooster) 4151 or 3944     — to — 甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4152 or 3945
Coptic calendar	1170–1171
Discordian calendar	2620
Ethiopian calendar	1446–1447
Hebrew calendar	5214–5215
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1510–1511
- Shaka Samvat	1375–1376
- Kali Yuga	4554–4555
Holocene calendar	11454
Igbo calendar	454–455
Iranian calendar	832–833
Islamic calendar	857–859
Japanese calendar	Kyōtoku 3 (享徳３年)
Javanese calendar	1369–1370
Julian calendar	1454 MCDLIV
Korean calendar	3787
Minguo calendar	458 before ROC 民前458年
Nanakshahi calendar	−14
Thai solar calendar	1996–1997
Tibetan calendar	阴水鸡年 (female Water-Rooster) 1580 or 1199 or 427     — to — 阳木狗年 (male Wood-Dog) 1581 or 1200 or 428

Events

January–December

• February 4 – Thirteen Years' War: The Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master, and the citizens of Toruń rebel against the Teutonic Knights, beginning the conflict.
• March 6 – Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the Teutonic Knights.
• March 27 – Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, becomes Protector for King Henry VI of England, who is in a catatonic state.
• April 9 – Treaty of Lodi: Francesco Sforza forms a triple alliance between the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence and Kingdom of Naples.^[1]
• August – In Moldavia, Petru Aron retakes the throne from Alexăndrel.
• September 18 – Thirteen Years' War – Battle of Chojnice: The Polish army is defeated by a smaller but more professional Teutonic army.
• October 9 – Thirteen Years' War: Malbork treaty between the authorities of the Teutonic Order and the mercenary forces fighting for the Teutonic Order.
• December – King Henry VI of 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 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.^[2]
• The Statutes of Nieszawa are enacted in Poland.
• The Drought of One Rabbit is recorded in Aztec history.

Births

• June 3 – Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (d. 1523)
• June 16 – Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (d. 1517)
• July 14 – Poliziano, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
• September 4 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
• September 24 – Gerold Edlibach, Swiss historian (d. 1530)
• November 25 – 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 – John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
• July 20 – King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
• December 10 – Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.^[3]
• date unknown
  • Chiara Zorzi, regent of Athens
  • William Turnbull, Bishop of Glasgow
  • Robert Wingfield, English politician (b. 1403)

References

1. Christina J. Moose (2005). Great Events from History: The Renaissance & early modern era, 1454-1600. Salem Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-58765-215-8.
2. "Letter of Rabbi Isaac Zarfati". Turkishjews.com. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
3. Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. p. 497.