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1450

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14th century - 15th century - 16th century
1450 in art|\n|}\nEvents\n* March - French troops under Guy de Richemont besiege the English commander in France, Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, in Caen\n* April 15 - Battle of Formigny. French troops under the Comte de Clermont defeat an English army under Sir Thomas Kyriel and Sir Matthew Gough which was attempting to relieve Caen\n* May 8 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI.\n* June 18 - Battle of Seven Oaks. Jack Cade's rebels are driven from London by loyal troops, bringing about the collapse of the rebellion\n* July 6 - Surrender of Caen to the French\n* August 12 - Surrender of Cherbourg, the last English territory in Normandy, to the French\n* Universitat de Barcelona founded.\n* Births\n*James Tyrrell, later alleged murderer of the Princes in the Tower(approximate date). Deaths\n* King Sejong the Great of Joseon, an inventor and the ruler of Korea\n* William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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