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What Happened in December 1459

Famous Birthdays

  • Dec 22 Sultan Cem, third son of Sultan Mehmed II and pretender to the Ottoman throne, born in Rumelia, Ottoman Empire (d. 1495)
  • Dec 27 John I Albert [Jan I Olbracht], Polish sovereign (King of Poland, 1492-1501; Duke of Głogów, 1491-98), born in Kraków, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1501)

Famous Deaths

  • Dec 4 Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)