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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1457''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Saturday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 11]] &ndash; After years of captivity and absence from the [[Ming dynasty|Ming throne]], the [[Zhengtong Emperor]] of [[China]] is reinstated, as the [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming|Tianshun Emperor]].
* [[February 24]] &ndash; [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] is declared deposed. The [[Archbishop of Sweden]], [[Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna]], and statesman [[Erik Axelsson Tott]] become co-regents of [[Sweden]]. The throne is then offered to [[Christian I of Denmark]] and [[Norway]].
* [[March 6]] &ndash; King [[James II of Scotland]] decrees that ". . . {{lang|en-emodeng|ye futebawe and ye golf be uterly cryt done and not usyt}} . . ", the first historical mention of the game of [[golf]].
* [[April 12]] &ndash; [[Ştefan cel Mare]] secures the throne of [[Moldavia]], which he retains for the next 47 years.
* [[June 23]] &ndash; Christian I is elected king of Sweden, ending the war between Sweden and Denmark and restoring the [[Kalmar union|Kalmar Union]].
*[[June 29]] &ndash; The Dutch city of [[Dordrecht]] is devastated by fire.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Building|url=https://grotekerkdordrecht.com/en/stories/building/|access-date=2020-12-03|website=Vrienden van de Grote Kerk Dordrecht|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; The [[Mainz Psalter]], the second major book printed with movable type in the West, the first to be wholly finished mechanically (including colour), and the first to carry a printed date, is printed for the [[Elector of Mainz]].
* [[September 2]] &ndash; [[Battle of Ujëbardha]]: One of [[Skanderbeg]]'s most important victories is won against the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army, in the open field.
=== Date unknown ===
* [[University of Freiburg|Albrechts University]] is founded at [[Freiburg im Breisgau]].
* [[Edo Castle]] is built by [[Ōta Dōkan]] in modern-day [[Tokyo]].</onlyinclude>
== Births ==
* [[January 18]] &ndash; [[Antonio Trivulzio, seniore]], Roman Catholic cardinal (d. [[1508]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; King [[Henry VII of England]] (d. [[1509]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=Roger Lockyer|author2=Andrew Thrush|title=Henry VII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q1yPBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA7|date=19 September 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-89432-2|pages=7}}</ref>
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Peter Martyr d'Anghiera]], Italo-Spanish historian and diplomat (d. [[1526]])
* [[February 13]] &ndash; [[Mary of Burgundy]], sovereign duchess regnant of Burgundy, married to [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1482]])
* [[August 20]] &ndash; [[Seongjong of Joseon]], King of Joseon (d. [[1494]])
* [[September 21]] &ndash; [[Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria]], Polish princess (d. [[1502]])
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Beatrice of Naples]], Hungarian queen (d. [[1508]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Jacob Obrecht]], Dutch composer (d. [[1505]])
** [[George Nevill, Duke of Bedford]] (d. [[1483]])
* ''probable''
** [[Sebastian Brant]], German humanist and satirist (d. [[1521]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Clayton J. Drees|title=The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8jDfydG6ReAC&pg=PA68|year=2001|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-30588-7|pages=68}}</ref>
** [[Filippino Lippi]], Florentine painter (d. [[1504]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Lucia Corrain|title=The Art of the Renaissance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6Pupv8gNWvIC&pg=PA17|year=2008|publisher=The Oliver Press, Inc.|isbn=978-1-934545-04-1|pages=17}}</ref>
** [[Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr]] (d. [[1525]])
== Deaths ==
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Jingtai Emperor]] of China (b. [[1428]])
* [[March 16]] &ndash; [[László Hunyadi]], Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. [[1433]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Zsigmond M¢ricz|title=Be Faithful Unto Death|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfAs3DBiTQcC&pg=PA305|date=1 January 1995|publisher=Central European University Press|isbn=978-1-85866-060-8|pages=305}}</ref>
* [[May 22]] &ndash; [[Saint Rita of Cascia]], Italian saint (b. [[1381]])
* [[August 1]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo Valla]], Italian humanist
* [[August 19]] &ndash; [[Andrea del Castagno]], Italian painter (b. [[1421]])
* [[September 12]] &ndash; [[Gabriele Sforza]], Archbishop of Milan (b. [[1423]])<ref>{{cite book|author1=O. J. Schnaubelt|author2=Joseph C. Schnaubelt|author3=Frederick Van Fleteren|title=Augustine in Iconography: History and Legend|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JhTqAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=P. Lang|isbn=978-0-8204-2291-6|page=339}}</ref>
* [[September 14]] &ndash; [[Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach]], countess consort of Hanau (b. [[1432]])
* [[September 22]] &ndash; [[Peter II, Duke of Brittany]] (b. [[1418]])
* [[November 3]] &ndash; [[Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach]], German noble (b. [[1439]])
* [[November 23]] &ndash; King [[Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary]] (b. [[1440]])
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Danjong of Joseon]], King of [[Joseon]] (b. [[1441]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza]], ruler of Khurasan (b. [[1422]])
** [[Bartolomeu Perestrello]], Portuguese navigator and explorer (b. [[1395]])
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