1442

Year '1442' was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1442

Births

Deaths

Events of 1442

★ June 12 - Alfonso of Aragon is crowned at Naples.

★ The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights.

★ Vlad II Dracul is temporarily replaced as ruler of Wallachia by his son Mircea.

★ Fourth tower added to Liverpool Castle.

Births

★ April 28 - King Edward IV of England (died 1483)

★ July 3 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (died 1500)

★ September 27 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (died 1491)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian archbishop (died 1521)

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★ Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Pope Alexander VI

★ ''probable'' - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (died 1483)

Deaths

★ August 29 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (born 1389)

★ October 18 - Infante João of Portugal (born 1400)

★ December 18 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)

★ December 26 - Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (born 1383)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Al-Maqrizi, Arab historian

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★ Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat