1450
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. Charles VIII of Sweden who was also serving as Carl I of Norway is declared deposed from the later throne in favor of Christian I of Denmark.
Births John Cabot Italian navigator and explorer who is popularly credited as the modern discoverer of Canada Loyset Compère, French composer Josquin Desprez, Franco-Flemish composer Heinrich Isaac, Franco-Flemish composer Arnolt Schlick, German composer and organist James Tyrrell, alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower
Deaths King Sejong the Great of Joseon, inventor and ruler of Korea May 2 - William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (b. 1396)
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