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Historical Events for the Year 1457

• 1st March » The 'Unitas Fratrum' is established in the village of Kunvald, on the Bohemian-Moravian borderland. It is to date the second oldest Protestant denomination.
• 16th April » Likely date of the Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC) or Battle of Megiddo between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Kadesh, the first battle to have been recorded in what is accepted as relatively reliable detail.

Famous Birthdays in 1457

• 28th January » Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
• 13th February » Mary of Burgundy (d. 1482)

Famous Deaths in History for 1457

• 14th March » Jingtai Emperor of China (b. 1428)
• 16th March » Ladislaus Hunyadi, Hungarian politician (b. 1433)
• 22nd May » Rita of Cascia, Italian nun and saint (b. 1381)
• 1st August » Lorenzo Valla, Italian author and educator (b. 1406)
• 23rd November » Ladislaus the Posthumous, Hungarian king (b. 1440)

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