1451

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 the Celje count Frederic II.
• 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
• 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 succeds the Turkish Sayyid dynasty.

Births

• January 14 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
• April 22 - Queen Isabella of Castile (d. 1504)
• May 2 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
• September 5 - Isabella Neville (d. 1476)
• Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (d. 1506)

Deaths

• 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)

Marriages

• February 14 - Louis XI of France and Charlotte of Savoy