1450s

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s
Years:	1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459
Categories:	Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments

Events

• Fall of Constantinople (now called Istanbul).
• France wins the Hundred Years' War against England.
• The first printing press is made in Europe by Johann Gutenberg.
• The Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with movable type.
• Siege of Belgrade.
• War of the Roses starts.

Births

• Queen Isabella of Castile
• Christopher Columbus, Italian sailor
• Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor
• Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer
• Ferdinand II of Aragon

Deaths

• Murad II, Ottoman Sultan
• John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury