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Year 1451 ( MCDLI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. January–December. January 7 – Pope Nicholas V issues a Papal Bull [1] to establish The University of Glasgow; classes are initially held in Glasgow Cathedral.
Isabella I (Spanish: Isabel I; 22 April 1451 – 26 November 1504), also called Isabella the Catholic (Spanish: Isabel la Católica), was Queen of Castile and León from 1474 until her death in 1504. She was also Queen of Aragon from 1479 until her death as the wife of King Ferdinand II .
- 11 December 1474 – 26 November 1504
- Isabella of Portugal
Following the death of Murad II in 1451, Mehmed II became sultan for the second time. Ibrahim II of Karaman invaded the disputed area and instigated various revolts against Ottoman rule. Mehmed II conducted his first campaign against İbrahim of Karaman; Byzantines threatened to release Ottoman claimant Orhan .
- August 1444 – September 1446
- Murad II
- 3 February 1451 – 3 May 1481
- Murad II
Year 1451 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
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. Foundation of the University of Glasgow. Nicholas of Cusa invents concave lens spectacles to treat myopia. Roger van der Weyden paints his Last Judgement.
Amerigo Vespucci (9 March 1451 [1] - 22 February 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He was the first person to explain that the places discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 were not part of east Asia, but an unknown continent which he called "The New World ".
Columbus's goals. After Columbus. Legacy. References. Christopher Columbus. painting of Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was an Italian trader, explorer, and navigator. He was born in Genoa, Italy, in the year 1451. "Christopher Columbus" is the English version of Columbus's name.
