Years: 1456 1457 1458 - 1459 - 1460 1461 1462

Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath. Yorkists under the Earl of Salisbury defeat a Lancastrian force.
• October 12 - Due to the advance of a royal force on his fortress of Ludlow, The Duke of York flees to Ireland, while his ally Warwick goes to Calais

Births

• March 22 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
• March - Pope Adrian VI
• October 6 - Martin Behaim, navigator, geographer († 1507)
• Paul Hofhaimer , Austrian organist and composer
• Jean Mouton, French composer of motets

Deaths

• October 10 - Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini (humanist)