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{| align=right cellpadding=3 id=toc style="margin-left: 15px;" |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Years:
1450 1451 1452 - 1453 - 1454 1455 1456 |- | align="center" colspan=2 | Decades:
1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s |- | align="center" | Centuries:
14th century - 15th century - 16th century |} ==Events== * May 29 - Fall of Constantinople of Constantinople to Ottoman Empire Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). * July 17 - Battle of Castillon. The French under Jean Bureau utterly defeat the English under the John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed * October 19 - The French recapture of Bordeaux brings the Hundred Years War to a close, with the English retaining only Calais on French soil. ==Births== *October 13 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, only son of King Henry VI of England (d. 1471) *Alfonso d'Albuquerque, Portugal admiral (d. 1515) *Jacob Obrecht, renowned Dutch School (music) composer ==Deaths== *May 29 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404) *December 24 - John Dunstable, English composer 1453 ang:1453 la:1453 os:1453

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It came to my attention that the date the Fall of Constantinople happened, was May 29 according to Julian and not Gregorian calendar. It was a Tuesday. Should the date change to June 7 or note the different calendar? --User:Geraki 20:22, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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