1450s
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[edit] Events
- Fall of Constantinople.
- Siege of Belgrade.
- The first printing press made in Europe by Johann Gutenberg.
- War of the Roses starts.
[edit] Birth
- Queen Isabella of Castile
- Christopher Columbus, Italian sailor
- Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor
- Girolamo Savonarola, Italian religious reformer
- Ferdinand II of Aragon
[edit] Death
- Murad II, Ottoman Sultan
- John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury