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Year 1458 (MCDLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1458

• January 24 – Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.
• August 19 – Pope Pius II succeeds Pope Callixtus III as the 210th pope.
• October 24 – King Afonso V of Portugal conquers Alcácer-Quibir in North Africa.
• Magdalen College, University of Oxford is founded.
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia.
• Luis Cadamosto discovers the first Cape Verde Islands.
• The Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens.

Births

• February 15 – Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
• May 2 – Leonor of Viseu, Princess and later Queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
• May 25 – Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
• October 3 – Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)
• November 22 – Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
• date unknown
  • Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (d. 1530)
  • Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (d. 1541)
• probable
  • Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (d. 1527)
  • Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (d. 1483)

Deaths

• February 20 – Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
• March 25 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
• June 27 – King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
• August 6 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
• December 26 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
• date unknown
  • John II of Cyprus
  • James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton
  • Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arc

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Year 1458 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1458

• January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
• Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia
• August 19 - Pope Pius II succeeds Pope Calixtus III as the 210th pope.
• October 24 - King Afonso V of Portugal conquers Al Kasr Ceger in the North Africa.
• Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens.

Births

• February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
• May 2 - Leonor of Viseu, Princess and later Queen of Portugal (died 1525)
• May 25 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
• October 3 - Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (died 1484)
• November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (died 1505)
• date unknown
  • Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (died 1530)
  • Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (died 1541)
• probable
  • Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (died 1527)
  • Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (died 1483)

Deaths

• February 20 - Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
• March 25 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, Spanish poet (born 1398)
• June 27 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (born 1396)
• August 6 - Pope Callixtus III (born 1378)
• December 26 - Arthur III (born 1393)
• date unknown
  • John II of Cyprus
  • James Douglas
  • Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arc

People of the year 1458 at Familypedia

0 people were born in 1458

0 children were born to the 0 women born in 1458

2 people died in 1458

167 people lived in 1458

Events of the year 1458 at Familypedia

5 people were married in 1458.

There were 0 military battles in 1458.