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Year '1446' was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1446

Births

Deaths

Events of 1446

★ Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries.

★ Portuguese navigator, Álvaro Fernandes, reached the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.

★ The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully reconstructed.

★ In Italy, the siege of Cremona by the condottieri troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Verme was raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da Forlì.

★ October 9 - The Hangul alphabet is created in Korea. The ''Hunmin Jeongeum'' published during the year is consided the start of this brand new scientific writing system.

★ December 10 - Murad II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, destroys the Hexamillion wall in an assault that includes cannons. This renders the Morea open to Ottoman invasion.

Births

★ May 3 - Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1503)

★ ''date unknown'' - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (died 1508)

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★ Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (died 1506)

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★ William Grocyn, English scholar (died 1519)

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★ Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (died 1524)

Deaths

★ April 15 - Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (born 1377)

★ May 9 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born 1367)

★ May 24 - Ambroise de Loré, Baron of Ivry (born 1396)

★ December 28 - Antipope Clement VIII

★ ''date unknown'' - Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)