Years: 1455 1456 1457 - 1458 - 1459 1460 1461

Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s

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

Events

• January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
• Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia
• Pope Pius II becomes pope
• Turks sack the Acropolis

Births

• St. Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)
• Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (d. 1530)

Deaths

• March 25 - Marques de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
• June 27 - Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
• August 6 - Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
• December 26 - Arthur III of Brittany (b. 1393)