1452

year

1452 (MCDLII)was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1452nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 452nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 15th century, and the 3rd year of the 1450s decade. As of the start of 1452, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:2nd millennium
Centuries:14th century15th century16th century
Decades: 1420s  1430s  1440s  – 1450s –  1460s  1470s  1480s
Years:1449 1450 145114521453 1454 1455
1452 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1452
MCDLII
Ab urbe condita2205
Armenian calendar901
ԹՎ ՋԱ
Assyrian calendar6202
Balinese saka calendar1373–1374
Bengali calendar859
Berber calendar2402
English Regnal year30 Hen. 6 – 31 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1996
Burmese calendar814
Byzantine calendar6960–6961
Chinese calendar辛未(Metal Goat)
4148 or 4088
    — to —
壬申年 (Water Monkey)
4149 or 4089
Coptic calendar1168–1169
Discordian calendar2618
Ethiopian calendar1444–1445
Hebrew calendar5212–5213
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1508–1509
 - Shaka Samvat1373–1374
 - Kali Yuga4552–4553
Holocene calendar11452
Igbo calendar452–453
Iranian calendar830–831
Islamic calendar855–856
Japanese calendarHōtoku 4 / Kyōtoku 1
(享徳元年)
Javanese calendar1367–1368
Julian calendar1452
MCDLII
Korean calendar3785
Minguo calendar460 before ROC
民前460年
Nanakshahi calendar−16
Thai solar calendar1994–1995
Tibetan calendar阴金羊年
(female Iron-Goat)
1578 or 1197 or 425
    — to —
阳水猴年
(male Water-Monkey)
1579 or 1198 or 426

Events

  • March – Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor becomes the last to be crowned in Rome.
  • Portuguese navigator Diogo de Teive discovers Corvo Island in the Azores.
  • 18 JunePope Nicholas V issues the bull Dum Diversas, legitimising the colonial slave trade.
  • October – English troops under John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, land in Guyenne, France, and retake most of the province without a fight.
  • A major eruption of the South Pacific volcano Kuwae in Vanuatu has a subsequent global cooling effect (the eruption released more sulfate than any other event in the past 700 years).
  • Battle of Bealach nam Broig, a Scottish clan battle.
  • Murder of William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas by James II of Scotland at Stirling Castle.
  • Revolt of Ghent: Forces of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, clash multiple times with rebel militia from Ghent in the region around Ghent.

Births

Deaths

  • February 10
    • Svitrigaila, Grand Prince of Lithuania
    • Michał Bolesław Zygmuntowicz, Prince of Black Ruthenia
  • May 26 – John Stafford, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • December 12 – Guillaume Huin d'Estaing, Catholic cardinal
  • date unknown
    • Nicholas Close, English bishop
    • Gemistus Pletho, philosopher
    • William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas