In the year 1451, Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is succeeded by his son, Mehmed II (Feb 18), the French capture Bayonne, the last English stronghold in Goyenne in Southern France (Aug 20), the University of Glasgow is founded, the Great Peacemaker along with Jigonhsasee and Hiawatha, found the Iroquois Confederacy, comprising the Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca - and all these fine people were born:

1451-0114 Franchinus Gaffurius* music theorist/composer - Lodi, Italy (1522/71)

1451-0217 Raffaello Maffei* humanist /historian/theologian - Rome, Italy (1522/70)

1451-0422 Queen Isabella I of Castile* Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spain (1504/53)

1451-0710** James III of Scotland*** - Stirling or St Andrews Castle, Scotland (1488/36) date and place of birth in dispute

1451-1031 Christopher Columbus* (b Cristòffa Cómbo) explorer/ navigator/colonizer - Genoa, Republic of Genoa (1506/ca54)

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