Late Middle Ages · Europe · Culture

1456

Francois Villon Disappears

1456

The French poet and petty criminal, sentenced to hang for his part in a brawl, had his sentence commuted to ten years of exile from Paris and walked out of the city gates. He left behind the Ballade des Pendus and a handful of lyrics. Nobody ever saw him again.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1455: Alfonso de Borja Elected Callixtus III
After: 1457: Matthias Corvinus Elected King of Hungary

Before and after in Culture

Before: 1455: Fra Angelico Dies in Rome
After: 1462: Platonic Academy Flourishes in Florence

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.