Historical Events
Famous People Born in 1459
- Feb 1 Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar, born in Wipfeld, Germany (d. 1508)
- Mar 2 Adrian VI [Adriaan F Boeyens], Netherlands, Pope (1522-23)
- Mar 6 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant
- Mar 22 Maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria
- Oct 6 Martin Behaim, German navigator and geographer, born in Nuremberg, Germany (d. 1507)
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Famous People Who Died in 1459
- Mar 3 Ausiàs March, Catalan poet of Valencian literature, dies at 59
- May 2 Pierozzi Antoninus, Italian archbishop of Florence/saint, dies
- Oct 18 Jan of Heinsberg, bishop of Luik (1419-56), dies
- Oct 30 Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist, who rediscovered lost classical texts, dies at 79
- Dec 4 Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)