1451

	1451 in topic:
	Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture –
	Art – Literature – Music – Science
	Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors
	Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
	Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s
Years:	1448 1449 1450 – 1451 – 1452 1453 1454

[edit] Events of 1451

February 3 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
April 11 – Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from Count Frederic II of Celje.
June 30 – French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux.
August 20 – The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
October 28 – Revolt of Ghent: Ghent takes up arms against Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
The University of Glasgow is founded.
Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia.
Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement.
The Afghan lodi dynasty succeeds the Turkish Sayyid dynasty.

February 3 – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
June – ‘Abdullah, Timurid Empire ruler
July 11 – Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman
November 7 – Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)
date unknown
- Stefan Lochner, painter (b. 1400)
- John Lydgate, English monk and poet (b. 1370)