1452

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

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

Years: 1447 1448 1449 1450 1451 - 1452 - 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457

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Events

• October - English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury[?], land in Guyenne and retake most of the province without a fight.

Births

• 10 March - Ferdinand II of Aragon
• 18 March - Amerigo Vespucci, explorer, cartographer (+ 1512)
• 21 September -Girolamo Savonarola, religious reformer and one time ruler of Florence.
• 2 October - King Richard III of England.

Deaths