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1457| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1453–1457 | China, Ming Empire [natural disasters] | A series of natural disasters including blizzards, floods, drought, and earthquakes causes widespread famine and internal migration in China. | | 1456–1457 | Japan [fortifications] | Ota Dokan founds the city of Yedo (modern Tokyo) in Japan by building a castle near the mouth of the River Sumida, which strategically controls Kanto Plain. | | 1457 | Venice, Portugal, world [earth sciences] | The Venetian monk and cartographer Fra Mauro produces a new map of the world for Prince Henry the Navigator of Portugal, based on information from voyages the prince has sponsored. | | 1457 | Scotland [football] | A statute of the Scottish parliament bans football and golf. The ban is repeated in 1471 and 1491, though probably with little effect. It is the first certain reference to the word ‘golf’. | | February 1457 | China, Ming Empire [revolution] | A group of military and civil service leaders stage a coup against the ailing Ching Ta'i emperor, the conspirators forcing the palace gate and enthroning the former Cheng-T'ung emperor Ying-tsung (who was deposed while a captive of the Mongol leader Esen in the period 1449–50). Thus begins the T'ien-Shun reign. | | June 1457 | Sweden, Denmark-Norway [political events] | King Charles VIII of Sweden (Karl Knutson) flees from Sweden when there is a rebellion among the nobles (led by the Oxenstierna and Vasa families) over his extension of royal powers. Christian I of Denmark is recalled as king. |
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