OVERVIEW:  TIME AND SPACE

Timeline of Selected Events Click on year links to follow annual timelines; click on other links to follow actors and events. 1455--Battle of St. Albans, Richard of York and Henry VI.  Beginning of the Wars of the Roses. 1456 1457 1458 1459--Battle of Blore Heath; Battle of Ludford Bridge 1460--Battle of Northampton; Battle of Wakefield 1461--Battle of Mortimer's Cross; Second Battle of St. Albans; Battle of Ferrybridge; Battle of Towton 1462 1463 1464--Battle of Hedgeley Moor; Battle of Hexham 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469--Battle of Edgcoat 1470--Battle of Losecoat Field 1471--Battle of Barnet; Battle of Tewkesbury 1472 1473 1474 1475 1476 1477 1478 1479 1480 1481 1482 1483 1484 1485--Battle of Bosworth 1486 1487--Battle of Stoke Field

1457 IN BRIEF This year saw the birth of Henry of Tudor, the future first king in the Tudor line as King Henry VII.
1457 in other calendars, from Wikipedia Gregorian calendar 1457 MCDLVII Ab urbe condita 2210 Armenian calendar 906 Baha'i­ calendar -387 to -386 Chinese calendar 4093/4153-12-6 to 4094/4154-12-15 Ethiopian calendar 1449 to 1450 Hebrew calendar 5217 to 5218 Hindu calendars  - Vikram Samvat 1512 to 1513  - Shaka Samvat 1379 to 1380  - Kali Yuga 4558 to 4559 Holocene calendar 11457 Iranian calendar 835 to 836 Islamic calendar 861 to 862 Japanese calendar Kosho 3, Choroku 1  - Imperial Year Koki 2117  - Jomon Era 11457 Julian calendar 1502 Thai solar calendar 2000		Monthly timeline for 1457. January:  Born January 28 --- King Henry VII of England (died 1509) February:  Born February 13 --- Mary of Burgundy, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1482) March:  Died March 14 - Jingtai Emperor of China (born 1428) April May:  Died May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (born 1381) June:   July:   August:  Died August 1 - Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist September October November:   Born November 22 --- Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (died 1505) Died November 23 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (born 1440) December
Other events that took place in 1457: Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg founded. Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years. Edo Castle was built by Ota Dokan 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. Born:  Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (died 1521) Born:  Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (approximate date; died 1525) Born:  Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (died 1501) Born:  Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (died 1504) Born:  George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (died 1483) Died:  Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter Died:  Peter II, Duke of Brittany (born 1418) Died:  Laszlo Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (born 1433) Died:  Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (born 1422)

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