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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s Years: 1448 1449 1450 1451 1452 - 1453 - 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458 Events May 29 - Fall of Constantinople to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II the Conqueror, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire). July 17 - Battle of Castillon. The French under Jean Bureau[?] utterly defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury[?], who is killed October 19 - The French recapture of Bordeaux brings the Hundred Years War to a close, with the English retaining only Calais on French soil. Births October 13 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales[?], only son of King Henry VI of England Deaths May 29 - Constantine XI, last Byzantine Emperor
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s - 1450s - 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s
Years: 1448 1449 1450 1451 1452 - 1453 - 1454 1455 1456 1457 1458
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