1451

Events

January 7 – Pope Nicholas V issues a Papal Bull<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> to establish The University of Glasgow; classes are initially held in Glasgow Cathedral.
February 3 – Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded (on February 18) by his son, Mehmed II.
February 14 – Louis XI of France marries Charlotte of Savoy.
April 11 – Celje acquires market town status and town rights, by orders from Count Frederic II of Celje.
April 19 – In the Delhi Sultanate, the Afghan Lodi Dynasty succeeds the Turkish Sayyid Dynasty.
June 30 – French troops under Jean de Dunois invade Guyenne, and capture Bordeaux.
August 20 – The French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Guyenne.
October – After assassinating Bogdan II of Moldavia, Petru Aron takes up the throne.
October 28 – Revolt of Ghent: Ghent takes up arms against Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

The Great Peacemaker along with Jigonhsasee and Hiawatha, found the Haudenosaunee, commonly called the Iroquois Confederacy

January 14 – Franchinus Gaffurius, Italian composer (d. 1522)
January 29 – John, Prince of Portugal, Prince of Portugal (d. 1451)
February 17 – Raffaello Maffei, Italian theologian (d. 1522)
March 5 – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English earl (d. 1491)
March 9 – Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (d. 1512)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
April 22 – Queen Isabella I of Castile, Castillian queen regnant and first queen of a united Spain (by marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon) (d. 1504)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
May 2 – René II, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1508)
May 17 – Engelbert II of Nassau, Count of Nassau-Vianden and Lord of Breda (1475–1504) (d. 1504)
June 1 – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney, English soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician (d. 1508)
July 10 – James III of Scotland (d. 1488)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
September 5 – Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence, elder daughter of Richard Neville (d. 1476)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
November 29 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Württemberg (d. 1524)
date unknown
- Christopher Columbus, Italian-born explorer (d. 1506)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- Ignatius Noah of Lebanon, Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch (d. 1509).<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Guru Jambheshwar, Rajasthani founder of the Bishnoi Panth (d. 1536)

January 7 – Antipope Felix V (b. 1383)
January 18 – Henry II, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Co-ruler of Nassau-Siegen (1442–1451) (b. 1414)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
February 3 – Murad II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1404)
June – ‘Abdullah, Timurid Empire ruler
July 11 – Barbara of Cilli, Holy Roman Empress, queen consort of Hungary and Bohemia (b. 1392)
October – Bogdan II of Moldavia, assassinated by Petru Aron
date unknown
- Stefan Lochner, German painter (b. 1400)
- John Lydgate, English monk and poet (b. 1370)
- al-Mustakfi II, Abbasid Caliph