April 19 – In Bohemia, a group of Silesian princes and city rulers form an alliance against the new King, George of Podebrady. Within a year, the resistance is dropped and the Silesian princes pay homage to King George.
June 27 –Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Aragon in Spain since 1416 and King of Naples in Italy since 1442, dies at his home at theCastel dell'Ovo in Naples.[6] By prior arrangement with his family, Alfonso is succeeded as King of Naples by his son,Fernando, popularly known in Naples as "Ferrante". At the same time, Alfonso's brotherJuan, King of Navarre and King of Sicily, becomes the new King of Aragon.[7]
August 6 – Pope Callixtus III dies after a reign of slightly more than three years.
August 19 – Theconclave to elect a new Pope concludes at theApostolic Palace, with only 19 of the 27 members of the College of Cardinals participating. One of the electors, CardinalDomenico Capranica appeared to be the most likely choice for Pope, but had died suddenly on August 14, two days before the conclave opened. On the first ballot on August 18, no candidate had more than five votes, but by the next day, CardinalEnea Piccolomini, Archbishop of Siena, receives unanimous support after initially competing againstGuillaume d'Estouteville andFilippo Calandrini.[10] Piccoloni takes the namePope Pius II as the 210th pope.[11]
November 13 – Sultan Abd al-Haqq II of Morocco begins a 7-week siege of the Portuguese settlement of Alcácer-Ceguer, but is ultimately unsuccessful in recovering the captured territory.[15]
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^D'Ooge, Martin Luther (1909).The Acropolis of Athens. New York: Macmillan.OL7107840M.In 1458 the Turkish ruler occupied the Propylaea as a residence, and turned the Erechtheum into a harem, restoring, however, the Parthenon to the Greeks as a place of worship.
^Georges Bourgin, "Les cardinaux français et le diaire caméral de 1439-1486," in:Mélanges d' archeologie et d' histoire vol. 24 (1904), pp. 277-318, at p. 293.
^Vasconcelos e Sousa, Bernardo. "História de Portugal" (in Portuguese) (4th ed.). p. 182.
^Sandamala Linkara, Ashin (1931).Rakhine Yazawinthit Kyan (in Burmese). Vol. 2 (1997–1999 ed.). Yangon: Tetlan Sarpay. p. 21.
^Ignacio da Costa Quintella:Annaes da Marinha Portugueza, Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias, 1839, p.163
