1450

1450 (MCDL) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1450th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 450th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 15th century, and the 1st year of the 1450s decade. As of the start of 1450, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1420s  1430s  1440s  – 1450s –  1460s  1470s  1480s
Years:	1447 1448 1449 – 1450 – 1451 1452 1453

Events

• May 8 – Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
• June 18 – rebels are driven from London by loyal troops, bringing about the collapse of the rebellion.
• Wolves enter Paris and kill 40 citizens
• Age of Discovery starts.
• A revolt ends Mayapan's rule over all of the Yucatán.

Births

• Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer (d. 1500)