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Year1452 (MCDLII) was aleap year starting on Saturday of theJulian calendar.
| Gregorian calendar | 1452 MCDLII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2205 |
| Armenian calendar | 901 ԹՎ ՋԱ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6202 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1373–1374 |
| Bengali calendar | 858–859 |
| Berber calendar | 2402 |
| English Regnal year | 30 Hen. 6 – 31 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1996 |
| Burmese calendar | 814 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6960–6961 |
| Chinese calendar | 辛未年 (Metal Goat) 4149 or 3942 — to — 壬申年 (Water Monkey) 4150 or 3943 |
| Coptic calendar | 1168–1169 |
| Discordian calendar | 2618 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1444–1445 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5212–5213 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| -Vikram Samvat | 1508–1509 |
| -Shaka Samvat | 1373–1374 |
| -Kali Yuga | 4552–4553 |
| Holocene calendar | 11452 |
| Igbo calendar | 452–453 |
| Iranian calendar | 830–831 |
| Islamic calendar | 855–856 |
| Japanese calendar | Hōtoku 4 /Kyōtoku 1 (享徳元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1367–1368 |
| Julian calendar | 1452 MCDLII |
| Korean calendar | 3785 |
| Minguo calendar | 460 beforeROC 民前460年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −16 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1994–1995 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴金羊年 (female Iron-Goat) 1578 or 1197 or 425 — to — 阳水猴年 (male Water-Monkey) 1579 or 1198 or 426 |
Events
editJanuary–December
edit- February –Alexăndrel retakes the throne ofMoldavia, in his long struggle withPetru Aron.
- February 22 –William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas is killed byJames II of Scotland, atStirling Castle.
- March 17 –Reconquista –Battle of Los Alporchones (around the city ofLorca inMurcia): The combined forces of theKingdom of Castile, and its subsidiary kingdom ofMurcia, defeat theEmirate of Granada.[1]
- March 19 –Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, becomes the last to be crowned inRome.[2]
- May 31 –Revolt of Ghent:Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, officially declares war onGhent.
- June 18 –Pope Nicholas V issues thebullDum Diversas, legitimising thecolonialslave trade.
- October
- English troops underJohn Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land inGuyenne, France, and retake most of the province without a fight.
- Byzantine–Ottoman Wars: The Ottoman governor ofThessaly,Turakhan Beg, breaks through theHexamilion wall for the fourth time, and ravages thePeloponnese Peninsula to prevent the ByzantineDespotate of the Morea from assistingConstantinople, during thefinal Ottoman siege of the imperial capital.[3]
Date unknown
edit- A major volcanic eruption,1452/1453 mystery eruption, has a subsequent global cooling effect (the eruption releases moresulfate than any other event in the previous 700 years).
- Portuguese navigatorDiogo de Teive discovers the islands ofCorvo andFlores, in theAzores.
- Battle of Bealach nam Broig, aScottish clan battle.
- Edinburgh officially becomes the capital of theKingdom of Scotland.[4]
Births
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- February 6 –Joanna, Princess of Portugal (d.1490)
- February 14
- Davide Ghirlandaio, Italian painter and mosaicist (d.1525)[5]
- Pandolfo Petrucci, tyrant of Siena (d.1512)
- March 10 – KingFerdinand II of Aragon, Aragonese king and first king of a united Spain (by marriage to Isabella of Castile) (d.1516)[6]
- April 15 –Leonardo da Vinci, Italian artist and inventor (d.1519)[7]
- April 19 – KingFrederick of Naples (d.1504)[8]
- May 18 –Henry the Younger of Poděbrady, Bohemian nobleman (d.1492)
- July 27
- Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan (d.1508)[9]
- Lucrezia Crivelli, mistress of Ludovico Sforza (d.1534) (approximate date)
- August 12 –Abraham Zacuto, Spanish Jewish astronomer, astrologer, mathematician, rabbi and historian (d.1515)
- September 21 –Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer (d.1498)[10]
- October 2 – KingRichard III of England (d.1485)[11]
- December 6 –Antonio Mancinelli, Italian humanist pedagogue and grammarian (d.1505)
- December 10 –Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician (d.1531)
- Date unknown
- Diogo Cão, Portuguese explorer (d.1486)
- Hugh Oldham, English bishop and patron of education (d.1519)
Deaths
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- February 10
- Švitrigaila, Grand Prince of Lithuania
- Michał Bolesław Zygmuntowicz (Michael Žygimantaitis), Prince of Black Ruthenia
- February 14 –Konrad VII the White, Duke of Oleśnica
- February 22 –William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas (b.1425)
- April 20 –Reinhard III, Count of Hanau (1451–1452) (b.1412)
- May –John Stafford,Archbishop of Canterbury[12]
- October –Nicholas Close, English bishop
- probable –Gemistus Pletho, Greek philosopher
References
edit- ^Thomas Devaney (April 3, 2015).Enemies in the Plaza: Urban Spectacle and the End of Spanish Frontier Culture, 1460-1492. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 158.ISBN 978-0-8122-9134-6.
- ^"Historical Events in 1452".OnThisDay.com. RetrievedAugust 8, 2017.
- ^Setton, Kenneth M. (1978).The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), volumeII: The Fifteenth Century. DIANE Publishing. p. 146.ISBN 0-87169-127-2.
- ^"Why is Edinburgh the capital of Scotland?".Edinburgh Tourist. June 20, 2018. RetrievedJuly 25, 2021.
- ^Ira Moskowitz (1976).Great Drawings of All Time: Italian, thirteenth through nineteenth century. Kodansha International. p. 139.ISBN 978-0-87011-263-8.
- ^"Ferdinand II | Biography & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica. RetrievedJune 30, 2020.
- ^"Leonardo da Vinci | Biography, Art, & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica. RetrievedMay 3, 2019.
- ^Richard J. Walsh (2005).Charles the Bold and Italy (1467-1477): Politics and Personnel. Liverpool University Press. p. 302.ISBN 978-0-85323-838-6.
- ^Grolier Incorporated (1997).Academic American encyclopedia. Grolier. p. 233.ISBN 9780717220687.
- ^Sandro Botticelli; Musée national du Luxembourg (France); Palazzo Strozzi (Florence, Italie). (2003).Botticelli: From Lorenzo the Magnificent to Savonarola. Skira. p. 227.ISBN 978-88-8491-565-8.
- ^"Richard III | Biography & Facts".Encyclopedia Britannica. RetrievedJune 26, 2020.
- ^Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996).Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 233.ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
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