Summary:
[[Image:Poggio.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Imaginary portrait]] of [[Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini]],
detail from the ''[[Bibliotheca chalcographica]]''.]]
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Year '''1459''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events ==
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=== January–December ===
* [[September 23]] – [[Battle of Blore Heath]]: Yorkists under the [[Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury|Earl of Salisbury]] defeat a Lancastrian force.
* [[October 12]] – Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of [[Ludlow]], [[Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York|The Duke of York]] flees to Ireland, while his ally [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick|Warwick]] goes to [[Calais]].
=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Wallachia]]n town of [[Bucharest]] is first mentioned.
* The city of [[Jodhpur]], in western [[India]], is founded by [[Rao Jodha]] of [[Marwar]].
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=== Religion ===
* According to a legend, the wedding of [[Christian Rosenkreutz]].
== Births ==
* [[January 25]] – [[Paul Hofhaimer]], Austrian organist (d. [[1537]])
* [[March 2]] – [[Pope Adrian VI]] (d. [[1523]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Jakob 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 Sultan]], 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]] – [[Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein|Adolf VIII]], Duke of Southern Jutland (b. [[1401]])
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detail from the ''[[Bibliotheca chalcographica]]''.]]
{{Template}}
__NOTOC__
Year '''1459''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Julian calendar]].
== Events ==
<onlyinclude>
=== January–December ===
* [[September 23]] – [[Battle of Blore Heath]]: Yorkists under the [[Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury|Earl of Salisbury]] defeat a Lancastrian force.
* [[October 12]] – Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of [[Ludlow]], [[Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York|The Duke of York]] flees to Ireland, while his ally [[Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick|Warwick]] goes to [[Calais]].
=== Date unknown ===
* The [[Wallachia]]n town of [[Bucharest]] is first mentioned.
* The city of [[Jodhpur]], in western [[India]], is founded by [[Rao Jodha]] of [[Marwar]].
</onlyinclude>
=== Religion ===
* According to a legend, the wedding of [[Christian Rosenkreutz]].
== Births ==
* [[January 25]] – [[Paul Hofhaimer]], Austrian organist (d. [[1537]])
* [[March 2]] – [[Pope Adrian VI]] (d. [[1523]])
* [[March 6]] – [[Jakob 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 Sultan]], 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]] – [[Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein|Adolf VIII]], Duke of Southern Jutland (b. [[1401]])
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