1458

Year 1458 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1458

* January 24 - Matthias I Corvinus becomes king of Hungary.
* August 19 - Pope Pius II succeeds Pope Callixtus III as the 210th pope.
* October 24 - King Afonso V of Portugal conquers Al Kasr Ceger in North Africa.
* Magdalen College, University of Oxford is founded.
* George of Podebrady becomes king of Bohemia.
* The Turks issue a decree to protect the Acropolis after they conquer Athens.

Births

* February 15 - Ivan the Young, Ruler of Tver (d. 1490)
* May 2 - Leonor of Viseu, Princess and later Queen of Portugal (d. 1525)
* May 25 - Mahmud Begada, Sultan of Gujarat (d. 1511)
* October 3 - Saint Casimir, Prince of Poland and Duke of Lithuania (d. 1484)
* November 22 - Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
*"date unknown"
**Jacopo Sannazaro, Italian poet (d. 1530)
**Amago Tsunehisa, Japanese warlord (d. 1541)
*"probable"
**Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (d. 1527)
**Richard Grey, half brother of Edward V of England (d. 1483)

Deaths

* February 20 - Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
* March 25 - Íñigo López de Mendoza, marqués de Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
* June 27 - King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
* August 6 - Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
* December 26 - Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
*"date unknown"
**John II of Cyprus
**James Douglas, 3rd Earl of Morton
**Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arc