1457

Year 1457 (MCDLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

1457 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1457 MCDLVII
Ab urbe condita	2210
Armenian calendar	906 ԹՎ ՋԶ
Assyrian calendar	6207
Balinese saka calendar	1378–1379
Bengali calendar	863–864
Berber calendar	2407
English Regnal year	35 Hen. 6 – 36 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	2001
Burmese calendar	819
Byzantine calendar	6965–6966
Chinese calendar	丙子年 (Fire Rat) 4154 or 3947     — to — 丁丑年 (Fire Ox) 4155 or 3948
Coptic calendar	1173–1174
Discordian calendar	2623
Ethiopian calendar	1449–1450
Hebrew calendar	5217–5218
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1513–1514
- Shaka Samvat	1378–1379
- Kali Yuga	4557–4558
Holocene calendar	11457
Igbo calendar	457–458
Iranian calendar	835–836
Islamic calendar	861–862
Japanese calendar	Kōshō 3 / Chōroku 1 (長禄元年)
Javanese calendar	1372–1374
Julian calendar	1457 MCDLVII
Korean calendar	3790
Minguo calendar	455 before ROC 民前455年
Nanakshahi calendar	−11
Thai solar calendar	1999–2000
Tibetan calendar	阳火鼠年 (male Fire-Rat) 1583 or 1202 or 430     — to — 阴火牛年 (female Fire-Ox) 1584 or 1203 or 431

Events

January–December

• February 11 – After years of captivity and absence from the Ming throne, the Zhengtong Emperor of China is reinstated, as the Tianshun Emperor.
• February 24 – Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. The Archbishop of Sweden, Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.
• March 6 – King James II of Scotland decrees that ". . . ye futebawe and ye golf be uterly cryt done and not usyt . . ", the first historical mention of the game of golf.
• April 12 – Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.
• June 23 – Christian I is elected king of Sweden, ending the war between Sweden and Denmark and restoring the Kalmar Union.
• June 29 – The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire.^[1]
• August 14 – The Mainz Psalter, the second major book printed with movable type in the West, the first to be wholly finished mechanically (including colour), and the first to carry a printed date, is printed for the Elector of Mainz.
• September 2 – Battle of Ujëbardha: One of Skanderbeg's most important victories is won against the Ottoman army, in the open field.

Date unknown

• Albrechts University is founded at Freiburg im Breisgau.
• Edo Castle is built by Ōta Dōkan in modern-day Tokyo.
• Oirat Taiji-Asamanji (Uch-Timur) set out on a devastating campaign in Central Asia

Births

• January 18 – Antonio Trivulzio, seniore, Roman Catholic cardinal (d. 1508)
• January 28 – King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)^[2]
• February 2 – Peter Martyr d'Anghiera, Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat (d. 1526)
• February 13 – Mary of Burgundy, sovereign duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
• August 20 – Seongjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1494)
• September 21 – Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Polish princess (d. 1502)
• November 16 – Beatrice of Naples, Hungarian queen (d. 1508)
• date unknown – Richard Grey, English knight, half brother of Edward V (executed 1483)
• probable
  • Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521)^[3]
  • Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)^[4]
  • Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
  • Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 1525)

Deaths

• March 14 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
• March 16 – László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)^[5]
• May 22 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
• August 1 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
• August 19 – Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter (b. 1421)
• September 12 – Gabriele Sforza, Archbishop of Milan (b. 1423)^[6]
• September 14 – Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, countess consort of Hanau (b. 1432)
• September 22 – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
• November 3 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (b. 1439)
• November 23 – King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
• December 24 – Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (b. 1441)
• date unknown
  • Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)
  • Bartolomeu Perestrello, Portuguese navigator and explorer (b. 1395)