1455

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century · 15th century · 16th century
Decades:	1420s · 1430s · 1440s · 1450s · 1460s · 1470s · 1480s
Years:	1452 · 1453 · 1454 · 1455 · 1456 · 1457 · 1458

1455 by topic
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1455 in poetry

1455 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1455 MCDLV
Ab urbe condita	2208
Armenian calendar	904 ԹՎ ՋԴ
Assyrian calendar	6205
Bengali calendar	862
Berber calendar	2405
English Regnal year	33 Hen. 6 – 34 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1999
Burmese calendar	817
Byzantine calendar	6963–6964
Chinese calendar	甲戌年 (Wood Dog) 4151 or 4091 — to — 乙亥年 (Wood Pig) 4152 or 4092
Coptic calendar	1171–1172
Discordian calendar	2621
Ethiopian calendar	1447–1448
Hebrew calendar	5215–5216
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1511–1512
- Shaka Samvat	1376–1377
- Kali Yuga	4555–4556
Holocene calendar	11455
Igbo calendar	455–456
Iranian calendar	833–834
Islamic calendar	859–860
Japanese calendar	Kyōtoku 4 / Kōshō 1 (康正元年)
Javanese calendar	1370–1371
Julian calendar	1455 MCDLV
Korean calendar	3788
Minguo calendar	457 before ROC 民前457年
Nanakshahi calendar	−13
Thai solar calendar	1997–1998

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Year 1455 (MCDLV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January 8 – Pope Nicholas V publishes Romanus Pontifex, an encyclical addressed to King Afonso V of Portugal, which sanctions the conquest of non-Christian lands, and the reduction of native non-Christian populations to 'perpetual slavery,' Later there was a dramatic reversal when, in 1537 the bull Sublimis Deus of Pope Paul III, forbade the enslavement of non-Christians.
February 23 – The Gutenberg Bible is the first book printed with movable type.
April 8 – Pope Calixtus III succeeds Pope Nicholas V as the 209th pope.
Spring – The Wars of the Roses begin in England.
May 1 – Battle of Arkinholm: Forces loyal to King James II of Scotland defeat the supporters of Earl of Douglas.
May 22 – First Battle of St Albans: Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.
July – Siege of Berat.

January 9 – William IV, Duke of Jülich-Berg, Count of Ravensberg (1475–1511) (d. 1511)
February 2 – King John of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (d. 1513)
February 22 – Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist, scholar of Greek and Hebrew (d. 1522)
March 3
- King John II of Portugal (d. 1495)
- Ascanio Sforza, Catholic cardinal (d. 1505)
March 15 – Pietro Accolti, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1532)
May 16 – Wolfgang I of Oettingen, German count (d. 1522)
June 1 – Anne of Savoy, Savoy royal (d. 1480)
July 9 – Frederick IV of Baden, Dutch bishop (d. 1517)
July 15 – Deposed Queen Lady Yun, Korean Queen (d. 1482)
August 2 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1499)
August 15 – George, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1503)
November 9 – Johann V of Nassau-Vianden-Dietz, Lord of Breda and Stadtholder of Guelders and Zutphen (d. 1516)
date unknown
- Peter Vischer the Elder, German sculptor (approximate date) (d. 1529)
- Nicholas Barnham, Knight, killed in the War of the Roses (d. 1485)

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