| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1451 MCDLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2204 |
| Armenian calendar | 900 ԹՎ Ջ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6201 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1372–1373 |
| Bengali calendar | 858 |
| Berber calendar | 2401 |
| English Regnal year | 29 Hen. 6 – 30 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1995 |
| Burmese calendar | 813 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6959–6960 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚午年 (Metal Horse) 4147 or 4087 — to — 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4148 or 4088 |
| Coptic calendar | 1167–1168 |
| Discordian calendar | 2617 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1443–1444 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5211–5212 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1507–1508 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1372–1373 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4551–4552 |
| Holocene calendar | 11451 |
| Igbo calendar | 451–452 |
| Iranian calendar | 829–830 |
| Islamic calendar | 854–855 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōtoku 3 (宝徳３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1366–1367 |
| Julian calendar | 1451 MCDLI |
| Korean calendar | 3784 |
| Minguo calendar | 461 before ROC 民前461年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −17 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1993–1994 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金马年 (male Iron-Horse) 1577 or 1196 or 424 — to — 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1578 or 1197 or 425 |
Year 1451 (MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February 3 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded (on February 18) by his son, Mehmed II.
- February 14 – Louis XI of France marries Charlotte of Savoy.
- April 11 – Celje acquires market town status and town rights, by orders from Count Frederic II of Celje.
- April 19 – In the Delhi Sultanate, the Afghan Lodi Dynasty succeeds the Turkish Sayyid Dynasty.
- 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.
- October – After assassinating Bogdan II of Moldavia, Petru Aron takes up the throne.
- October 28 – Revolt of Ghent: Ghent takes up arms against Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
Date unknown
- The University of Glasgow is founded.
- The Great Peacemaker along with Jigonhsasee and Hiawatha, found the Haudenosaunee, commonly called the Iroquois Confederacy
Births
)
Christopher Columbus
- January 14 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
- January 29 – John, Prince of Portugal, Prince of Portugal (d. 1451)
- February 17 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian theologian (d. 1522)
- March 5 – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English earl (d. 1491)
- April 22 – Queen Isabella I of Castile, Aragonese queen consort (d. 1504)
- May 2 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
- May 17 – Engelbert II of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d. 1504)
- June 1 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (d. 1508)
- July 10 – James III of Scotland (d. 1488)[1]
- September 5 – Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, elder daughter of Richard Neville (d. 1476)
- November 29 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Württemberg (d. 1524)
- date unknown – Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (d. 1506)[2]
Deaths
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Sultan Murad II
- January 7 – Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)
- February 3 – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
- June – ‘Abdullah, Timurid Empire ruler
- June 8 – Henry II, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Co-ruler of Nassau-Dillenburg (1442–1450) (b. 1414)
- July 11 – Barbara of Cilli, Holy Roman Empress, queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1392)
- October – Bogdan II of Moldavia, assassinated by Petru Aron
- date unknown
- Stefan Lochner, German painter (b. 1400)
- John Lydgate, English monk and poet (b. 1370)
- al-Mustakfi II, Abbasid Caliph
References
- ^ "King James III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Christopher Columbus | Biography, Voyages, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved January 21, 2021.