1453

Year 1453 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1453

 * - Siege and  (now ) to    the Conqueror, marking the end of the.
 * - . The under  defeat the  under the, who is killed.
 * - The comes to a close, with the  recapture of  leaving the English retaining only  on  soil.
 * invents the movable type.

Births

 * -, Spanish general and statesman (d. )
 * -, Prince of Wales (died )
 * -, Flemish composer (died )
 * probable
 * , Portuguese admiral (died )

Deaths

 * - (born )
 * -, last , , Italian captain, , last  of the Byzantine Empire, (all killed in, or shortly after, the siege of Constantinople)
 * -, Constable of Castile
 * -, English military leader
 * -, French chronicler
 * -, English composer (born )