1449

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Year 1449 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.
• 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.

Births

• January 1 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
• October 21 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1478)
• date unknown - Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (d. 1494)
• probable - Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (d. 1490)

Deaths

• May 20 - Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)
• October 27 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
• date unknown
• Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (b. 1443)
• Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles

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