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Year 1451 was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1451

February 3 - Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son Mehmed II.
April 11 - Celje acquires market-town status and town rights by orders from the Celje count Frederic II.
June 30 - French troops under the Comte de Dunois invade Guyenne and capture Bordeaux.
August 20 - The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne
The University of Glasgow is founded.
Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia.
Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement.

Births

January 14 - Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)

April 22 - Queen Isabella of Castile (d. 1504)

May 2 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)

September 5 - Isabella Neville (d. 1476)

Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer (d. 1506)

Deaths

February 3 - Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)

June - ‘Abdullah, Timurid Empire ruler

July 11 - Barbara of Cilli, Slovenian noblewoman

November 7 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (b. 1383)

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Stefan Lochner, painter (b. 1400)
John Lydgate, English monk and poet (b. 1370)

Marriages

February 14 - Louis XI of France and Charlotte of SavoyFurther Information

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