1454

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Calendar year

Millennium:  | 2nd millennium

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Centuries:  |

* 14th century
* 15th century
* 16th century

Decades:  |

* 1430s
* 1440s
* 1450s
* 1460s
* 1470s

Years:  |

* 1451
* 1452
* 1453
* 1454
* 1455
* 1456
* 1457

1454 by topic

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* Art

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* Political entities
* State leaders
* Religious leaders

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1454 in various calendarsGregorian calendar| 1454
MCDLIV

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Ab urbe condita| 2207
Armenian calendar| 903
ԹՎ ՋԳ
Assyrian calendar| 6204
Balinese saka calendar| 1375–1376
Bengali calendar| 861
Berber calendar| 2404
English Regnal year| 32 Hen. 6 – 33 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar| 1998
Burmese calendar| 816
Byzantine calendar| 6962–6963
Chinese calendar| 癸酉年 (Water Rooster)
4151 or 3944
— to —
甲戌年 (Wood Dog)
4152 or 3945
Coptic calendar| 1170–1171
Discordian calendar| 2620
Ethiopian calendar| 1446–1447
Hebrew calendar| 5214–5215
Hindu calendars|
\- Vikram Samvat| 1510–1511
\- Shaka Samvat| 1375–1376
\- Kali Yuga| 4554–4555
Holocene calendar| 11454
Igbo calendar| 454–455
Iranian calendar| 832–833
Islamic calendar| 857–859
Japanese calendar| Kyōtoku 3
(享徳３年)
Javanese calendar| 1369–1370
Julian calendar| 1454
MCDLIV
Korean calendar| 3787
Minguo calendar| 458 before ROC
民前458年
Nanakshahi calendar| −14
Thai solar calendar| 1996–1997
Tibetan calendar| 阴水鸡年
(female Water-Rooster)
1580 or 1199 or 427
— to —
阳木狗年
(male Wood-Dog)
1581 or 1200 or 428

Year 1454 (MCDLIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

## Events

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### January-December

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* February 4 - Thirteen Years' War: The Secret Council of the Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the Grand Master, and the citizens of Toruń rebel against the Teutonic Knights, beginning the conflict.
* March 6 - Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the Teutonic Knights.
* March 27 - Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, becomes Protector for King Henry VI of England, who is in a catatonic state.
* April 9 - Treaty of Lodi: Francesco Sforza forms a triple alliance between the Duchy of Milan, the Republic of Florence and Kingdom of Naples.[1]
* August - In Moldavia, Petru Aron retakes the throne from Alexăndrel.
* September 18 - Thirteen Years' War - Battle of Chojnice: The Polish army is defeated by a smaller but more professional Teutonic army.
* October 9 - Thirteen Years' War: Malbork treaty between the authorities of the Teutonic Order and the mercenary forces fighting for the Teutonic Order.
* December - King Henry VI of England having regained his sanity dismisses the Duke of York as Protector.

### Date unknown

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* The press of Johannes Gutenberg (at Mainz on the Rhine) produces the first printed documents bearing a date.
* Isaac Zarfati sends a circular letter to Rhineland, Swabia, Moravia and Hungary, praising the happy conditions of the Jews under the crescent, in contrast to the "great torture chamber" under the cross, and urging them to come to the Ottoman Empire.[2]
* The Statutes of Nieszawa are enacted in Poland.
* The Drought of One Rabbit is recorded in Aztec history.

## Births

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* June 3 - Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania (1474–1523) (d. 1523)
* June 16 - Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples (d. 1517)
* July 14 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (d. 1494)
* September 4 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
* September 24 - Gerold Edlibach, Swiss historian (d. 1530)
* November 25 - Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
* date unknown
* Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara, Italian astronomer (d. 1504)
* Pinturicchio, Italian painter (d. 1513)
* Choe Bu, Korean official and venturer to China (d. 1504)
* Alexander Stewart, Duke of Albany (d. 1485)

## Deaths

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* March 22 - John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
* July 20 - King John II of Castile (b. 1405)
* December 10 - Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.[3]
* date unknown
* Chiara Zorzi, regent of Athens
* William Turnbull, Bishop of Glasgow
* Robert Wingfield, English politician (b. 1403)

## References

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1. ^ Christina J. Moose (2005). Great Events from History: The Renaissance & early modern era, 1454-1600. Salem Press. p. 15\. ISBN 978-1-58765-215-8.
2. ^ "Letter of Rabbi Isaac Zarfati". Turkishjews.com. Retrieved July 9, 2016.
3. ^ Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. p. 497.

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