1458

Years: 1455 1456 1457 - 1458 - 1459 1460 1461

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

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

Events

• January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
• Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia
• Pope Pius II becomes pope
• Turks sack the Acropolis

Births

• February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
• May 25 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
• November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (died 1505)
• Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (died 1484)
• Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (died 1527)
• Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (died 1483)
• Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (died 1530)
• Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (died 1541)

Deaths

• March 25 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, Spanish poet (born 1398)
• June 27 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (born 1396)
• August 6 - Pope Callixtus III (born 1378)
• December 26 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (born 1393)
• John II of Cyprus
• James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton