1457
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s |
| Years: | 1454 1455 1456 – 1457 – 1458 1459 1460 |
| 1457 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1457 (MCDLVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1457
- The oldest printed book to carry a date, the Mainz Psalter, is published.
- Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg is founded.
- Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.
- Edo Castle is built by Ōta Dōkan in what is now Tokyo.
- Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.
- After years of captivity and absence from the Ming throne, the Zhengtong Emperor of China is reinstated as the Tianshun Emperor.
| Gregorian calendar | 1457 MCDLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2210 |
| Armenian calendar | 906 ԹՎ ՋԶ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -387 – -386 |
| Berber calendar | 2407 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2001 |
| Burmese calendar | 819 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6965 – 6966 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙子年十二月初六日 (4093/4153-12-6) — to —
丁丑年十二月十五日(4094/4154-12-15) |
| Coptic calendar | 1173 – 1174 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1449 – 1450 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5217 – 5218 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1512 – 1513 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1379 – 1380 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4558 – 4559 |
| Holocene calendar | 11457 |
| Iranian calendar | 835 – 836 |
| Islamic calendar | 861 – 862 |
| Japanese calendar | Kōshō 3Chōroku 1 (長禄元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3790 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2000 |
[edit] Births
- January 28 – King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
- February 13 – Mary of Burgundy, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
- November 22 – Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
- date unknown
- probable
- Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521)
- Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)
- Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 1525)
[edit] Deaths
- March 14 – Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
- March 16 – László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
- May 22 – Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
- August 1 – Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
- November 23 – King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
- date unknown
- Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)
- Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter
- Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)
