1458 as a Year (Common Era)
1458 (MCDLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1458th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 458th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1450s decade.
Notable Events of 1458
January–March
- January 24 – Matthias Corvinus became King of Hungary at age 14.
- February 20 – Stefan Branković, blind since 1441, became Despot of Serbia upon the death of his brother, Lazar Branković.
- February 27 – George of Poděbrady was elected King of Bohemia.
- March 25 – The "Loveday" was staged in London, by which Henry VI of England attempted to unite the warring factions of the Wars of the Roses.
April–June
- April 2 – George of Poděbrady was crowned King of Bohemia at St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.
- June 27 – Alfonso V of Aragon died; his son Fernando (Ferrante) succeeded him as King of Naples, while Alfonso's brother Juan became King of Aragon.
- June – Francesco II Acciaioli, the last Duke of Athens, surrendered the city to the Ottoman Empire; Sultan Mehmed II entered peacefully in August.
July–September
- July 15 – Magdalen College, Oxford, was founded.
- August 6 – Pope Callixtus III died.
- August 19 – The papal conclave elected Cardinal Enea Piccolomini as Pope Pius II (the 210th pope).
- September 3 – Coronation of Pope Pius II at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
October–December
- October 24 – King Afonso V of Portugal conquered Ksar es-Seghir in Morocco.
- December 26 – François II became Duke of Brittany upon the death of his uncle Arthur de Richemont.
Date Unknown
- The Jewish community was expelled from Erfurt, Germany; their synagogue was turned into an arsenal.
- Moctezuma I of Tenochtitlán led an expedition against Coixtlahuaca but was defeated.
- A major volcano erupted.
Notable Births (probable)
- Thomas Docwra, Grand Prior of the English Knights Hospitaller (d. 1527)
- Jacob Obrecht, Dutch composer (d. 1505)
Notable Deaths
- January 17 – Louis I, Landgrave of Hesse (b. 1402)
- February 20 – Lazar Branković, Despot of Serbia
- March 25 – Íñigo López de Mendoza, 1st Marquis of Santillana, Spanish poet (b. 1398)
- June 27 – King Alfonso V of Aragon (b. 1396)
- August 6 – Pope Callixtus III (b. 1378)
- December 26 – Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1393)
- Date unknown – Isabelle Romée, mother of Joan of Arc
1458 as a Number (Mathematical Properties)
1458 (one thousand four hundred fifty-eight) is the natural number following 1457 and preceding 1459.
Prime Factorization and Divisors
- Prime factorization: 2 × 3⁶ (2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 3)
- Composite number (not prime)
- Total number of divisors: 14 (7 even, 7 odd)
- Sum of divisors (σ): 3,279
- Euler's totient (φ): 486
- Carmichael function (λ): 486
Classification
- Abundant number (aliquot sum 1,821 > 1,458)
- 3-smooth number (only prime factors are 2 and 3)
- Polite number
- Practical number
- Non-hypotenuse number
- Frugal number
- Regular number
Notable Mathematical Properties
- Maximum determinant: 1458 is the maximum determinant of an 11 × 11 matrix of zeros and ones.
- Self-referential digit property: 1458 is one of only three non-trivial numbers (along with 81 and 1729) where the sum of its digits, multiplied by the reverse of that sum, equals the original number:
- 1 + 4 + 5 + 8 = 18
- 18 × 81 = 1458
- This property was proven by Masahiko Fujiwara. (The trivial solutions are 1 and 0.)
- Sum of cubes of digits: 1³ + 4³ + 5³ + 8³ = 1 + 64 + 125 + 512 = 1458
Representations
- Binary: 10110110010
- Ternary: 2000000
- Hexadecimal: 5B2
- Roman numeral: MCDLVIII
1458 in Numerology / Angel Numbers
In the context of angel number numerology, 1458 is interpreted as a combination of the energies of the digits 1, 4, 5, and 8:
- 1 – New beginnings, self-leadership, independence, initiative
- 4 – Practicality, hard work, stability, support from angels
- 5 – Personal freedom, adventure, positive changes
- 8 – Abundance, wealth, manifesting prosperity, authority
The number reduces to the root vibration 9 (1+4+5+8 = 18; 1+8 = 9), which is associated with completion, humanitarianism, and wisdom. In this interpretive framework, seeing 1458 is read as a nudge to align one's initiative with a higher purpose, signaling that certain life phases are ending to make way for new beginnings, often accompanied by financial abundance.
Note: The angel number interpretation is a matter of spiritual belief and numerology, not an empirically established property of the number 1458.
