1449
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Year 1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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 is elected by the Council of Basel.
- April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
- May 14 – Second Siege of Sfetigrad (1449): Garrison surrenders and Ottomans seize the fortress.
- August 13 – First Margrave War: Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg.
- September 8 – Battle of Tumu Fortress: The Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming Dynasty army and capture the Zhengtong Emperor of China; the latter is officially deposed while his brother ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year.
- October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English.
Ongoing
- Wars in Lombardy (1425–1454)
Births
- January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
- January 17 – Blessed Osanna of Mantua, Dominican mystic (d. 1505)
- April 27 – Asakura Ujikage, Japanese clan head (d. 1486)
- October 8 – Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (d. 1503)
- October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1478)
- Aldus Manutius (1449–1515), one of the most important printers in history; born in Venice, Italy.
- date unknown
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (d. 1513)
- Domenico Gagini, sculptor (d. 1492)
- Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (d. 1494)
- Magnus Hundt, German physician and theologian (d. 1519)
- Margaret of Thuringia, wife of the Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1501)
- probable
- Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (d. 1490)
- Srimanta Sankardeva, Assamese scholar and religious figure (d. c. 1568)
Deaths
- March – Dolce dell'Anguillara, condottiero (b. 1401)
- May 20 (at the Battle of Alfarrobeira)
- Dom Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Earl of Avranches
- Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)
- August 13 – Louis IV, Elector Palatine (b. 1424)
- October 27 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
- December 24 – Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385)
- date unknown
- Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (b. 1443)
- Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles