1450

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449 - 1450 - 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455

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.

Births

• James Tyrrell, later alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower(approximate date).

Deaths

• King Sejong the Great of Joseon, an inventor and the ruler of Korea

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