* 1455 – John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg ( d. 1499 )

Saint Benedict of Nursia ( c. 480 – 543 ), detail from a fresco by Fra Angelico, Saint Mark's Basilica | San Marco, Florence ( c. 1400 – 1455 ).

The Borgia family originally came from the Kingdom of Valencia, and rose to prominence during the mid-15th century ; Cesare's great-uncle Alonso Borgia ( 1378 – 1458 ), bishop of Valencia, was elected Pope Callixtus III in 1455.

* 1455 – Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian artist and metal smith ( b. 1378 )

* 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type.

* 1455 – King John of Denmark ( d. 1513 )

Fra Angelico ( born Guido di Pietro ; c. 1395 – February 18, 1455 ) was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having " a rare and perfect talent ".

* Christoph ( 1455 – 1456 )

The conflicts are known as the Wars of the Roses ( 1455 – 1485 ), and although the fighting was very sporadic and small, there was a general breakdown in the authority and power of the Crown.

Some printed editions of Ars Minor, a schoolbook on Latin grammar by Aelius Donatus may have been printed by Gutenberg ; these have been dated either 1451 – 52 or 1455.

* 1455 – Anne of Savoy ( d. 1480 )

John II (; 2 August 1455 – 9 January 1499 ) was Elector of Brandenburg from 1486 until his death, the fourth of the House of Hohenzollern.

English castles, including Kenilworth, did not play a decisive role during the Wars of the Roses ( 1455 – 85 ), which were fought primarily in the form of pitched battles between the rival factions of the Lancastrians and the Yorkists.

* 1432 – Isabel of Coimbra, Queen of Portugal ( d. 1455 )

* 1455 – Wars of the Roses: at the First Battle of St Albans, Richard, Duke of York, defeats and captures King Henry VI of England.

* 1455 – Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, English commander ( b. 1406 )

* 1455 – Pope Nicholas V ( b. 1397 )

He had already taken orders, and one of the first acts of Pope Eugene's successor, Pope Nicholas V ( 1447 – 1455 ), was to make him Bishop of Trieste.

Pope Callixtus III ( 31 December 1378 – 6 August 1458 ) (, ), né Alfons de Borja, was Pope from 8 April 1455 to his death in 1458.

Arano Cybo was a senator in Rome under Pope Calixtus III ( 1455 – 58 ).

* 1455 – 1485: Wars of the Roses – English civil war between the House of York and the House of Lancaster.

* Lorenzo Ghiberti ( 1378 – 1455 ) was an Italian artist of the early Renaissance best known for works in sculpture and metalworking.

Isabella died in 1455 and Afonso married again ( although not recognized by the Papacy ) in 1475, this time to Joanna of Castile ( known as " La Beltraneja "), daughter of Henry IV of Castile and Joan of Portugal.

* February 3 – Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( d. 1455 )

In May 1455, just over five months after Henry VI recovered from a bout of mental illness and Richard of York's regency had ended, Margaret called for a Great Council from which the Yorkists were excluded.

* Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York was twice ( 3 April 1454 – February 1455 and 19 November 1455 – 25 February 1456 ) Protector for the same Henry VI

* Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 3 February 1393 – 22 May 1455 ), who married Eleanor Neville, by whom he had issue.

:* Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 1392 / 1393 – 1455 )

When he recovered his reason in January 1455, Henry lost little time in reversing York's actions.

Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, KG ( 4 September 1455 – 2 November 1483 ) played a major role in King Richard III's rise and fall.

In 1452 Lady Margaret Beaufort, the nine-year-old daughter of the Duke of Somerset was summoned to the court of her second cousin, King Henry and, at Bletsoe Castle on 1 November 1455, married to Edmund.

For example, the play opens in the aftermath of the First Battle of St Albans ( 1455 ), and immediately dramatises the agreement between Henry and York that the House of Lancaster will cede the throne to the House of York upon Henry's death.

Thomas Young served as the other of Bristol's two MP's during his half-brother William II Canynges's terms as MP in 1450 and 1455, and before 1450 entered into the household of Richard, Duke of York ( d. 1460 ), the Yorkist contender for heirship to the Throne then occupied by Henry VI ( 1422-1461 ).

# Henry Woodville ( c. 1455 – 1488 ).

* Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham ( 1455 – 1483 ), only son of Lord Stafford, was attainted for treason in 1483

* 1455 / 56 John Peringon Henry Fisher

Several English kings visited the shrine, including Henry III ( 1231 or 1241 ), Edward I ( 1289 and 1296 ), Edward II in 1315, Edward III in 1361, Henry VI in 1455, Henry VII in 1487 and finally Henry VIII, who was later responsible for its destruction when the shrine and abbey perished in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

* Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 1394 – 1455 ), grandson of Henry ( 1341 – 1408 ) and son of " Hotspur "

The major difference arises from the question of whether Henry ( 1394 – 1455 ) was 1st as a new creation or 2nd as a restoration of the rights of his grandfather, Henry ( 1341 – 1408 )

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 3 February 1393 – 22 May 1455 ) was an English nobleman and military commander in the lead up to the Wars of the Roses.

In consequence of his marriage to Eleanor, Lady Poynings, Henry Percy was summoned to Parliament from 14 December 1446 to 26 May 1455, by writs directed Henrico de Percy, chivaler, domino de Ponynges.

* Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland ( 1394 – 1455 ), supporter of King Henry VI, killed at the beginning of the Wars of the Roses

Eleanor Percy ( b. 1455 ), daughter of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Poynings.