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Year 1442 ( MCDXLII ) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
The 1430s decade ran from January 1, 1430, to December 31, 1439.
Year 1389 (MCCCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
The 1470s decade ran from January 1, 1470, to December 31, 1479.
The 1450s decade ran from January 1, 1450, to December 31, 1459.
The 1380s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1380, and ended on December 31, 1389.
The 1350s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1350, and ended on December 31, 1359.
Year 1431 (MCDXXXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1458 (MCDLVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1458th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 458th year of the 2nd millennium, the 58th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1450s decade.
Year 1459 (MCDLIX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.
The 1440s decade ran from January 1, 1440, to December 31, 1449
The 1420s decade ran from January 1, 1420, to December 31, 1429.
The 1410s decade ran from January 1, 1410, to December 31, 1419.
The 1390s was a decade of the Julian Calendar which began on January 1, 1390, and ended on December 31, 1399.
Year 1456 (MCDLVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Vlad II, also known as Vlad Dracul or Vlad the Dragon, was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impaler, or Dracula. Born an illegitimate son of Mircea I of Wallachia, he spent his youth at the court of Sigismund of Luxembourg, who made him a member of the Order of the Dragon in 1431. Sigismund also recognized him as the lawful Voivode of Wallachia, allowing him to settle in nearby Transylvania. Vlad could not assert his claim during the life of his half-brother, Alexander I Aldea, who acknowledged the suzerainty of the Ottoman Sultan, Murad II.
The Hungarian–Ottoman wars were a series of battles between the Ottoman Empire and the medieval Kingdom of Hungary. Following the Byzantine Civil War, the Ottoman capture of Gallipoli, and the decisive Battle of Kosovo, the Ottoman Empire was poised to conquer the entirety of the Balkans. It also sought and expressed desire to expand further north into Central Europe, beginning with the Hungarian lands.
Bolesław II of Cieszyn , was a Duke of Cieszyn since 1431, ruler over half of Bielsko and Frysztat, and during 1452 sole ruler over one half of Bytom.
Sir John Paston, was the second son of John Paston and Margaret Mautby. He succeeded his elder brother, Sir John Paston, in 1479. He fought at Barnet and Stoke with John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, served as his deputy when Oxford was appointed Lord High Admiral of England, and was a member of the Earl's council. A number of his letters survive among the Paston Letters, a rich source of historical information about the lives of the English gentry of the period.