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1451

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1446 1447 1448 1449 1450 - 1451 - 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456

Events

June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois[?] invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux
August 20 - The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
Mehmed II succeeds Murad II as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Foundation of the University of Glasgow

Births

March 9 - Amerigo Vespucci, voyager and cartographer (+ 1512)
April 22 - Isabella of Castile
October 30 - Christopher Columbus (probable date)

Deaths

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