1450

Years: 1447 1448 1449 – 1450 – 1451 1452 1453
Decades: 1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s
Centuries: 14th century – 15th century – 16th century 1450 in art\|

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.

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