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1590 or 1209 or 437. Year 1463 ( MCDLXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar, the 1463rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 463rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 63rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1460s decade.
1415: Cornish archers present at the Battle of Agincourt [26] 1455–1487: Wars of the Roses, the feud between the Courtenays and Bonvilles in Cornwall and Devon. 1469–72: Rebuilding of St Petroc's Church, Bodmin. 1473–74: The siege of St Michael's Mount (30 September 1473 – February 1474).
The 1455 papal conclave (April 4–8) elected Cardinal Alfons Borja Pope Callixtus III following the death of Pope Nicholas V. The conclave was the first in the Apostolic Palace, the site of all but five papal conclaves thereafter. [1] [2] The conclave was also the first to feature accessus voting (votes cast in accessit ), derived from a ...
The first duke of Athens (as well as of Thebes, at first) was Otto de la Roche, a minor Burgundian knight of the Fourth Crusade. Although he was known as the "Duke of Athens" from the foundation of the duchy in 1205, the title did not become official until 1260. Instead, Otto proclaimed himself "Lord of Athens" (in Latin Dominus Athenarum, in ...
Joan Vaux (lady-in-waiting) Joan Vaux, Lady Guildford (c. 1463 – 4 September 1538), [1] also known as Mother Guildford, was an English courtier who was the Lady Governess to the Princesses Margaret Tudor and Mary Tudor. [2] She accompanied Mary Tudor to France when she married King Louis XII in 1514.
History of Western typography. A piece of cast metal type, Garamond style long s / i ligature. See also: movable type. Modern typographers view typography as a craft with a very long history tracing its origins back to the first punches and dies used to make seals and coinage currency in ancient times.
Sir Humphrey Stafford (c. 1427 – 8 July 1486) of Grafton Manor in Worcestershire, was an English nobleman who took part in the War of the Roses on the Yorkist side. He was executed by Henry VII following his fighting for Richard III and his role in the Stafford and Lovell rebellion .
