| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1420s 1430s 1440s – 1450s – 1460s 1470s 1480s |
| Years: | 1450 1451 1452 1453 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 1459 |
| Categories: | Births – Deaths – Architecture Establishments – Disestablishments |
The 1450s decade ran from January 1, 1450, to December 31, 1459.
Events and trends
- Johannes Gutenberg was credited with inventing the first movable type printing press in Mainz, Germany.
- 1453 – Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire laid siege to, and captures, Constantinople, ending the political independence of the millennium-old Byzantine Empire.
- 1455 – Forces led by Richard, Duke of York and Richard, Earl of Warwick captured Lancastrian King Henry VI of England. This began the Wars of the Roses; the first major event of the war was a Yorkist victory in the First Battle of St Albans.
- 1456 – Siege of Belgrade. The Hungarians under John Hunyadi routed the Turkish army of Sultan Mehmed II. The victory stopped the Ottoman Turkish advance towards Catholic Europe for 70 years.
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