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1454

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1449 1450 1451 1452 1453 - 1454 - 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459

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Events

• March 27 - Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York becomes Protector for the insane King Henry VI of England
• September 18 - In the battle of Chojnice, the Polish army is defeated by a smaller but more professional Teutonic army during Thirteen Years' War.
• December - King Henry having regained his sanity, the Duke of York is dismissed as Protector

Births

• March 9 - Amerigo Vespucci, explorer and cartographer (d. 1512)

Deaths

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