1449

April 19: The former Antipope Felix V swears loyalty to Pope Nicholas V.

1449 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1449 MCDXLIX
Ab urbe condita	2202
Armenian calendar	898 ԹՎ ՊՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	6199
Balinese saka calendar	1370–1371
Bengali calendar	855–856
Berber calendar	2399
English Regnal year	27  Hen. 6  – 28  Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1993
Burmese calendar	811
Byzantine calendar	6957–6958
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth  Dragon) 4146 or 3939     — to — 己巳年 (Earth  Snake) 4147 or 3940
Coptic calendar	1165–1166
Discordian calendar	2615
Ethiopian calendar	1441–1442
Hebrew calendar	5209–5210
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1505–1506
- Shaka Samvat	1370–1371
- Kali Yuga	4549–4550
Holocene calendar	11449
Igbo calendar	449–450
Iranian calendar	827–828
Islamic calendar	852–853
Japanese calendar	Bun'an 6 / Hōtoku 1 (宝徳元年)
Javanese calendar	1364–1365
Julian calendar	1449 MCDXLIX
Korean calendar	3782
Minguo calendar	463 before ROC 民前463年
Nanakshahi calendar	−19
Thai solar calendar	1991–1992
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1575 or 1194 or 422     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1576 or 1195 or 423

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

Events

January–March

• January 2 – King Henry VI of England summons the members of parliament, directing them to assemble on Februry 12 at Westminster.
• January 6 – Constantine XI Palaiologos 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.
• February 12 –The English Parliament is opened by King Henry VI at Westminster for a five month session.
• February – Alexăndrel seizes the throne of Moldavia, with the support of the boyars.
• March 24 – Hundred Years' War: English forces capture Fougères in Brittany. ^[1]

April–June

• April 7 – The last Antipope, Felix V, abdicates.
• April 19 – Pope Nicholas V is elected by the Council of Basel. ^[2]
• April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
• May – An English privateering fleet led by Robert Wennington challenges ships of the Hanseatic League. ^[3]
• May 14 – Second Siege of Sfetigrad (1449): The Albanian garrison surrenders and the Ottomans seize the fortress.
• May 20 – Battle of Alfarrobeira: King Afonso V of Portugal defeats the forces of Peter, Duke of Coimbra.
• June 4 – Erik of Pomerania, formerly the King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, hands over possession of the island of Gotland to the Swedish invaders.
• June 8 – The Pas de la Bergère tournament, later the subject of a poem by Louis de Beauvau, finishes after six days at Tarascon on the island of Jarnègues at the estate of the Duke René of Anjou. ^[4]
• June 18 – Mary of Guelders arrives in Scotland at Leith after being escorted from the Duchy of Burgundy to Scotland following her selection by Lord Crichton

July–September

• July 3 – King James II of Scotland marries Mary of Guelders at Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh.
• July 6 – The Ambrosian Republic of Milan defeats the armies of the Swiss canton of Uri at the Battle of Castione in what is now Switzerland. ^[5]
• July 16 – The English Parliament closes and King Henry VI gives royal assent to numerous acts passed during its five-month session. Becoming law are the Importation Act, a 7-year ban on the import of Netherlands merchandise from Holland, Zeeland and Brabant, and the Distress Act, making it a felony "for any Welsh or Lancashire man to take other men, their goods or chattels, under colour of distress, where they have no cause." ^[6]
• July 20 – News arrives at the imperial court of the Emperor Yingzong of China of a Mongol invasion from the north, led by the Khagan Esen Taishi. Yingzong orders the dispatch of 45,000 soldiers from the Beijing garrison, led by four generals, to advance to Datong and Xuanfu to guard the border. ^[7] .
• July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy. ^[1]
• August 1 – After getting word that the Mongols had launched a large-scale invasion at Datong, China's Emperor Yingzong decides to personally lead the Beijing garrison into war, despite the protests of his War Minister Kuang Ye. ^[8]
• August 3 – The Emperor Yingzong designates his younger brother, Zhu Qiyu, to administer the Chinese Empire. ^[7]
• August 13 – First Margrave War: Margrave Albrecht takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg.
• September 1 – Battle of Tumu Fortress: The Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming dynasty army, and capture the Emperor Xingzong of China on September 3. The Emperor is officially deposed, while his brother Zhu Qiyu ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year.

October–December

• October 12 – Prince Alexăndrel is replaced as Prince of Moldavia by Bogdan II. ^[9]
• October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English. ^[1]
• October – Bogdan II of Moldavia enters the country with troops from John Hunyadi, and takes the throne after Alexăndrel flees.
• November 20 – Karl Knutsson, reigning as King Karl VIII of Sweden, is crowned as King Karl I of Norway in a ceremony at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim. ^[10]
• December 15 – The Ottoman Empire Sultan Mehmed II marries Sittişah Hatun, daughter of Suleiman of Dulkadir, in an elaborate ceremony at Edirne, followed by three months of celebrations. ^[11]

Births

• January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) ^[12]
• January 17 – Osanna of Mantua, Italian Dominican tertiary (d. 1505)
• February 7 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, consort of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1477)
• April 27 – Asakura Ujikage, 8th head of the Asakura clan of Japan (d. 1486)
• August 10 – Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1503)
• September 20 – Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (d. 1500)
• October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1478)
• November 11 – Catherine of Poděbrady, Hungarian Queen (d. 1464)
• November 14 – Sidonie of Poděbrady, Bohemian princess, duchess consort of Saxony (d. 1510)
• December 6 – Dorotea Gonzaga, Italian noble (d. 1467)
• date unknown
  • Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
  • Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (d. 1513)
  • Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan (d. 1481) ^[13]
  • Domenico Gagini, Italian sculptor (d. 1492)
  • Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (d. 1494)
  • Magnus Hundt, German physician and theologian (d. 1519)
  • Margaret of Thuringia, Electress consort of Brandenburg (d. 1501)
• probable
  • Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (d. 1490)
  • Srimanta Sankardeva, Assamese scholar and religious figure (d. c. 1568)
  • Mandukhai Khatun, Mongolian queen

Deaths

• January 4 – Cecilia of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. c.1405)
• January 21 – Giovanni Berardi, Archbishop of Taranto (b. 1380)
• February 2 – Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Islamic scholar (b. 1372)
• March – Dolce dell'Anguillara, Italian condottiero (b. 1401)
• May – Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles
• May 20 (at the Battle of Alfarrobeira)
  • Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches
  • Peter, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)
• June 1 – Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (b. 1428) ^[14]
• August 13 – Louis IV, Elector Palatine (b. 1424)
• October 27 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394) ^[15]
• October 31 – Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brzeg-Legnica and Cieszyn, German princess (b. 1403)
• November 19 – Kunigunde of Sternberg, first spouse of the King George of Podebrady (b. 1425)
• December 24 – Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385) ^[16]

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