1457

Year 1457 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1457

* Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg is founded.
* Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years.
* Edo Castle is built by Ōta Dōkan in what is now Tokyo.
* Charles VIII of Sweden is declared deposed. Archbishop of Sweden Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna and statesman Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of Sweden. The throne is then offered to Christian I of Denmark and Norway.
* After years of captivity and absence from the Ming throne, the Zhengtong Emperor of China is reinstated as the Tianshun Emperor.

Births

* January 28 - King Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
* February 13 - Mary of Burgundy, wife of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1482)
* November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
*"date unknown"
**Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset (d. 1501)
**George Nevill, Duke of Bedford (d. 1483)
*"probable"
**Sebastian Brant, German humanist and satirist (d. 1521)
**Filippino Lippi, Florentine painter (d. 1504)
**Thomas West, 8th Baron De La Warr (d. 1525)

Deaths

* March 14 - Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
* March 16 - László Hunyadi, Hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433)
* May 22 - Saint Rita of Cascia, Italian saint (b. 1381)
* August 1 - Lorenzo Valla, Italian humanist
* November 23 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (b. 1440)
*"date unknown"
**Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, ruler of Khurasan (b. 1422)
**Andrea del Castagno, Italian painter
**Peter II, Duke of Brittany (b. 1418)