Major Events
- Feb 23 Johannes Gutenberg prints his first Bible (estimated date) [1]
- Mar 12 First record of Johannes Gutenberg's Bible, letter dated this day by Enea Silvio Piccolomini refers to the bible printed a year before
- Apr 8 Alfonso de Borgia elected as Pope Callistus III
John IIMore People Born in 1455
Who Died in 1455
- Feb 18 Fra Angelico, Italian monk and early Renaissance painter (San Marco friary), dies at about 59
- Mar 24 Nicholas V [Tommaso Parentucelli], Italian Pope (1447-55), dies at 57
- Mar 24 Rudolf van Diepholt, bishop/cardinal of Utrecht (1448-55), dies
- May 22 Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander (killed in battle) (b. 1406)
- May 22 Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (killed in battle)
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