1458

Events of 1458

• January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.
• August 19 - Pope Pius II succeeds Pope Callixtus III as the 210th pope.
• October 24 - King Afonso V of Portugal conquers Al Kasr Ceger in North Africa.
• Magdalen College, University of Oxford is founded.
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia.
• The Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens.

Births

• February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
• May 2 - Leonor of Viseu, Princess and later Queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
• May 25 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
• October 3 - Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)
• November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
• date unknown
• Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (d. 1530)
• Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (d. 1541)
• probable
• Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (d. 1527)
• Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (d. 1483)

Deaths

• February 20 - Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
• March 25 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
• June 27 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
• August 6 - Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
• December 26 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
• date unknown
• John II of Cyprus
• James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton
• Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arc