Timeline August 1464

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• 1389 – 1464 Cosimo de' Medici (1389-1464) Died 1 August 1464, aged 74 Cosimo de' Medici was the Florentine banker and statesman who established his family's political dominance over Florence while governing largely through informal influence rather than public office. Known as Pater Patriae, he was a major patron of Renaissance art, architecture, and humanist scholarship. His death brought his son Piero di Cosimo de' Medici to the head of the family.
• 1401 – 1464 Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464) Died 11 August 1464, aged 63 Nicholas of Cusa was a German cardinal, philosopher, and mathematician whose writings on the "coincidence of opposites" influenced later Renaissance and early modern thought. He served as a papal legate and reformer within the Catholic Church. He died at Todi while traveling toward Rome.
• 1405 – 1464 Pope Pius II (1405-1464) Died 14 August 1464, aged 58 Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini, was a humanist scholar and writer who became one of the Renaissance papacy's most prolific authors. He died at Ancona while trying to organize a crusade against the Ottoman Empire, which collapsed with his death. His writings, including memoirs and geographic treatises, remain valuable historical sources.
• 1464 Ottoman siege of Jajce lifted Sultan Mehmed II withdraws as Hungarian relief force approaches Sultan Mehmed II personally led an Ottoman army to besiege the fortress of Jajce in Bosnia, recently retaken by Hungary. He lifted the siege and withdrew when King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary advanced with a relief army. The failed siege preserved Hungarian control of the fortress for several more decades.
• 1464 Election of Pope Paul II Venetian cardinal Pietro Barbo succeeds Pius II Cardinal Pietro Barbo of Venice was elected pope following the death of Pius II, taking the name Paul II. His pontificate was marked by disputes with humanist scholars and continued efforts to organize resistance to Ottoman expansion in the Balkans.