1449

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1446 1447 1448 – 1449 – 1450 1451 1452

1449 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology – Architecture –

Art – Literature – Music – Science

Leaders:   State leaders – Colonial governors

Category: Establishments – Disestablishments

Births – Deaths – Works

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

Contents 1 Events of 1449 2 Ongoing 3 Births 4 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 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.

1449 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1449 MCDXLIX
Ab urbe condita	2202
Armenian calendar	898 ԹՎ ՊՂԸ
Bahá'í calendar	-395 – -394
Bengali calendar	856
Berber calendar	2399
Buddhist calendar	1993
Burmese calendar	811
Byzantine calendar	6957 – 6958
Chinese calendar	戊辰年十二月初七日 (4085/4145-12-7) — to — 己巳年十二月十七日 (4086/4146-12-17)
Coptic calendar	1165 – 1166
Ethiopian calendar	1441 – 1442
Hebrew calendar	5209 – 5210
Hindu calendars
- Bikram Samwat	1505 – 1506
- Shaka Samvat	1371 – 1372
- Kali Yuga	4550 – 4551
Holocene calendar	11449
Iranian calendar	827 – 828
Islamic calendar	852 – 853
Japanese calendar	Bunnan 6Hōtoku 1 (宝徳元年)
Korean calendar	3782
Thai solar calendar	1992

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