1453

Year 1453 (MCDLIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1450s decade.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1453 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1453
MCDLIII
Ab urbe condita2206
Armenian calendar902
ԹՎ ՋԲ
Assyrian calendar6203
Balinese saka calendar1374–1375
Bengali calendar860
Berber calendar2403
English Regnal year31 Hen. 6  32 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1997
Burmese calendar815
Byzantine calendar6961–6962
Chinese calendar壬申年 (Water Monkey)
4149 or 4089
     to 
癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
4150 or 4090
Coptic calendar1169–1170
Discordian calendar2619
Ethiopian calendar1445–1446
Hebrew calendar5213–5214
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1509–1510
 - Shaka Samvat1374–1375
 - Kali Yuga4553–4554
Holocene calendar11453
Igbo calendar453–454
Iranian calendar831–832
Islamic calendar856–857
Japanese calendarKyōtoku 2
(享徳2年)
Javanese calendar1368–1369
Julian calendar1453
MCDLIII
Korean calendar3786
Minguo calendar459 before ROC
民前459年
Nanakshahi calendar−15
Thai solar calendar1995–1996
Tibetan calendar阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1579 or 1198 or 426
     to 
阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1580 or 1199 or 427
Benjamin-Constant: The Entry of Mehmed II into Constantinople

It is sometimes cited as the notional end of the Middle Ages by historians who define the medieval period as the time between the Fall of the Western Roman Empire and the fall of the Eastern Roman Empire.[1]

Events

JanuaryDecember

Sultan Mehmed II's entry into Constantinople, Fausto Zonaro (1854–1929)
Battle of Castillon
  • July 17 Battle of Castillon: In the last pitched battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed.[4]
  • July 23 Battle of Gavere in Flanders: Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, is victorious over the rebels of Ghent, leading to surrender of their city and the end of the Revolt of Ghent.
  • October 19 The French recapture Bordeaux, ending the Hundred Years' War and leaving the English retaining only Calais on French soil.
  • October 28 Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned King of Bohemia, although George of Poděbrady remains in control of the government.
  • November 10 Sejo of Joseon kills his enemy General Kim Jong-seo and gains control of the government in Joseon Korea (where this rebellion is called Gyeyujeongnan).

Births

Deaths

  • February 28 Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)
  • May 29
    • Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1405)
    • Athanasius II of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
    • Theophilos Palaiologos, Byzantine grammarian, humanist and mathematician. Cousin of Constantine XI.
    • Demetrios Palaiologos Metochites, last governor of Constantinople
    • Orhan Çelebi, Ottoman prince (b. 1412)
  • June 1
    • Çandarli Halil Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier
    • Giovanni Giustiniani, Italian captain
  • June 2 Álvaro de Luna, Duke of Trujillo, Constable of Castille
  • June 3 Loukas Notaras, last megas doux of the Byzantine Empire (b. 1402)
  • June 4 Andronikos Palaiologos Kantakouzenos, last Grand Domestic of the Byzantine Empire
  • July 17
  • July 20 Enguerrand de Monstrelet, French chronicler
  • October 13 Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden (1431-1453) (b. 1407)
  • October 20 Yi Jing-ok, Korean military General (b. 1399)[7]
  • December 24 John Dunstaple, English composer (b. 1390)
  • Demetrius III, former co-king of Georgia (b. c. 1413)

References

  1. G. R. Potter, "The Fall of Constantinople? History Today (Jan 1953) 3#1 pp 41-49.
  2. "What Happened In 1453". Hisdates. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  3. Crowley, Roger (2006). Constantinople: The Last Great Siege, 1453. Faber. ISBN 0-571-22185-8. (reviewed by Foster, Charles (September 22, 2006). "The Conquest of Constantinople and the end of empire". Contemporary Review. Archived from the original on March 27, 2007. It is the end of the Middle Ages) (Archived Link)
  4. Sir Richard Lodge (1910). The Close of the Middle Ages, 1272-1494. Rivingtons. p. 358.
  5. Trimble, Virginia; Williams, Thomas R.; Bracher, Katherine; Jarrell, Richard; Marché, Jordan D.; Ragep, F. Jamil (September 18, 2007). Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 339. ISBN 978-0-387-30400-7.
  6. Charles Kidd; Christine Shaw (June 24, 2008). Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008. Debrett's. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-870520-80-5.
  7. 충강공 이징옥 장군 (in Korean)
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