    __notoc__ year 1457 (mcdlvii) was a common year starting on saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == === january&ndash;december === * february 24 &ndash; charles viii of sweden is declared deposed. archbishop of sweden jÃ¶ns bengtsson oxenstierna and statesman erik axelsson tott become co-regents of sweden. the throne is then offered to christian i of denmark and norway. * april 12 &ndash; Åtefan cel mare secures the throne of moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years. * june 23 &ndash; christian i is elected king of sweden, ending the war between sweden and denmark and restoring the kalmar union. * september 2 &ndash; battle of ujÃ«bardha: one of skanderbeg's most important victories against the ottoman army in the open field. === date unknown === * the oldest printed book to carry a date, the mainz psalter, is published. * albert ludwigs university of freiburg is founded. * edo castle is built by Åta dÅkan in what is now tokyo. * after years of captivity and absence from the ming throne, the zhengtong emperor of china is reinstated as the tianshun emperor. == births == * january 28 &ndash; king henry vii of england (d. 1509) * february 13 &ndash; mary of burgundy, wife of maximilian i, holy roman emperor (d. 1482) * november 22 &ndash; jacob obrecht, dutch composer (d. 1505) * date unknown ** thomas grey, 1st marquess of dorset (d. 1501) ** george nevill, duke of bedford (d. 1483) * probable ** sebastian brant, german humanist and satirist (d. 1521) ** filippino lippi, florentine painter (d. 1504) ** thomas west, 8th baron de la warr (d. 1525) == deaths == * march 14 &ndash; jingtai emperor of china (b. 1428) * march 16 &ndash; lÃ¡szlÃ³ hunyadi, hungarian statesman and warrior (b. 1433) * may 22 &ndash; saint rita of cascia, italian saint (b. 1381) * august 1 &ndash; lorenzo valla, italian humanist * november 23 &ndash; king ladislaus posthumus of bohemia and hungary (b. 1440) * date unknown ** babur ibn-baysunkur, ruler of khurasan (b. 1422) ** andrea del castagno, italian painter ** peter ii, duke of brittany (b. 1418) == references ==  
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