1459

Events of 1459

• September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath: Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force.
• October 12 - Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais.
• The Wallachian town of Bucharest is first mentioned.
• The city of Jodhpur, in western India, is founded by Rao Jodha of Marwar.

Births

• March 2 - Pope Adrian VI (d. 1523)
• March 6 - Jacob Fugger, German banker (d. 1525)
• March 22 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
• October 6 - Martin Behaim, German explorer and cartographer (d. 1507)
• December 22 - Cem, pretender to the Ottoman throne (d. 1495)
• date unknown - Edward Poyning, Lord Deputy to King Henry VII of England (d. 1521)
• probable - Lorenzo di Credi, Florentine painter and sculptor (d. 1537)

Deaths

• March 3 - Ausiàs March, Catalan poet (b. 1397)
• May 3 - Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
• September 23 - James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley (in battle) (born 1400)
• October 30 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b. 1380)
• November 5 - John Fastolf, English soldier
• December 4 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)