Jan 24 Matthias I Corvinus chosen King of Hungary Mar 2 Hussite George van Podiebrad chosen king of Bohemia Jun 12 Magdalen College, Oxford founded by William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester Aug 19 Aenea Silvio Piccolomini chosen as Pope Pius II 1457 Historical Events by Year 1459 Medieval Popes Gregory I Gregory XIII Julius II Julius III Leo X Pius V