Historical Events In 1459
Sunday, 01 February 2026
Mar 02 Adrian VI, [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23) 


Mar 03 Ausias March, Catalan poet, dies. 


Mar 06 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant. 


Mar 22 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria 


May 02 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies 


May 12 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur 


Jun 01 Pope Pius II opens congress of Mantua 


Sep 23 Battle of Blore Heath, the inaugural major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire. 


Oct 12 Battle at Ludfor: Richard of York defeated. 


Oct 18 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies. 


Oct 30 Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies 


Dec 22 Djem Sultan, son of Turks sultan Mehmed II 


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