1458

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s

Years: 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 - 1458 - 1459 1460 1461 1462 1463

• January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus[?] becomes king of Hungary
• Foundation of Magdalen College, University of Oxford
• George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia
• Matthias Corvinus becomes king of Hungary
• Pope Pius II becomes pope
• Turks sack the Acropolis

Births

• Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet

Deaths

• Marques de Santillana[?], Spanish poet
• June 27 - Alfonso V of Aragon