In the year 1450, French troops defeat an English army trying to relieve Caen in northwestern France (Apr), Charles VIII of Sweden loses the Norwegian throne to Christian I of Denmark (May 13), Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, surrenders to the French (Aug 12), the University of Barcelona is founded (Nov 3), Johannes Gutenberg sets up his movable type printing press as a commercial operation in Mainz - and all these fine people were born:

1450-0725 Jakob Wimpfeling* humanist/theologian - Sélestat, Alsace, Lorraine (1528/78) 1451 Individual post 1452-0310 Ferdinand II of Aragon* King of Aragon, Sicily, Naples etc (63) 1452-0415 Leonardo da Vinci* polymath/inventor/painter - Vinci, Republic of Florence (1519/67) 1452-0802 Richard III* King of England - Fotheringhay Castle, Northamptonshire, England (1485/32) 1453-0302 Johannes Engel* doctor/astronomer/ astrologer - Alchach, Roman Empire (1512/59) 1454 Individual post 1455-0202 King John of Denmark* Aalborghus Castle, Aalborg, Denmark (1513/58) 1456-0301 Vladislaus II* of Hungary - Krakow, Kingdom of Poland (1516/60) 1457-0128 Henry VII of England* - Pembroke Castle, Pembrokeshire, Wales (1509/52) 1457-0202 Peter Martyr d’Anghiera* Italian historian - Lake Maggiore, Piedmont (1526/69) 1457-1116 Beatrice of Naples* twice Queen of Hungary and of Bohemia by marriage to Matthias Corvinus and Vladislaus II - Naples (1508/50) 1458-xxxx Sebastian Brant* German humanist/ satirist - Strasbourg (1521/c. 62) 1458-0215 Ivan the Young* ruler of Tver -  Russia (1490/32) 1459-0125 Paul Hofhaimer* organist/composer - Radstadt, Austria (1537) 1459-0306 Jakob Fugger* merchant/mining entrepreneur/banker - Free Imperial City of Augsburg, HRE (1525/66) 1459-0322 Maximilian I* Holy Roman Emperor/son of Frederick III - Wiener Neustadt, Inner Austria (1519/59) Updated 26.3.2022-1 Search for another year here