1449

Year '1449' was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1449

Births

Deaths

Events of 1449

★ January 6 - Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor, at Mistra. He will be the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome.

★ April 7 - The last Antipope, Felix V abdicates.

★ April 19 - Pope Nicholas V elected by the Council of Basel

★ April 25 - The Council of Basel dissolves itself.

★ August 13 - Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes the Lichtenau fortress from Nuremberg in the First Margrave War.

★ September 8 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Oirat Mongols defeat the Chinese Ming Dynasty army and capture Zhengtong Emperor of China

★ October 29 - French recapture Rouen from the English

Births

★ January 1 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (died 1492)

★ October 21 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1478)

★ ''date unknown'' - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (died 1494)

★ ''probable'' - Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (died 1490)

Deaths

★ May 20 - Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (born 1392)

★ October 27 - Ulugh Beg, Turkish ruler and astronomer (born 1394)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (born 1443)

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★ Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles