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| Years: 1447 1448 1449 - 1450 - 1451 1452 1453 | |
| Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century 1450 in art| | |
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Events
- March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen
- April 15 - Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen
- May 8 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.
- June 18 - Battle of Seven Oaks. Jack Cade's rebels are driven from London by loyal troops, bringing about the collapse of the rebellion
- July 6 - Surrender of Caen to the French
- August 12 - Surrender of Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, to the French
- Universitat de Barcelona founded.
- Charles VIII of Sweden who was also serving as Carl I of Norway is declared deposed from the later throne in favor of Christian I of Denmark.
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Births
- Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (d. 1516)
- John Cabot, Italian navigator and explorer
- Loyset Compère, French composer
- Josquin Desprez, Franco-Flemish composer
- Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer
- Arnolt Schlick, German composer and organist
- James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower
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Deaths
- King Sejong the Great of Joseon, inventor and ruler of Korea
- May 2 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (b. 1396)af:1450
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