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1449
August 2019
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1449
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 February 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.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 123–125 0-7126-5616-2
April–June
April 7 – The last Antipope, Felix V, abdicates.
April 19 – Pope Nicholas V is elected by the Council of Basel.Leonard von Matt Hans Kühner The Popes: Papal History in Picture and Word https://books.google.com/books?id=hN9OAAAAMAAJ 1963 Universe Books 128
April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
May – An English privateering fleet led by Robert Wennington challenges ships of the Hanseatic League.The Sea and Medieval English Literature Sebastian I. Sobecki D.S. Brewer Cambridge 2008 9781846155918 155
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.Kekewich, Margaret L. (2008). The Good King: René of Anjou and Fifteenth Century Europe. Palgrave Macmillan.
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.41543 Alessandra Maffioli
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."Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes 13th Her Majesty's Stationery Office London 1896 1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) EfcZAAAAYAAJ 39 39 Google Books
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.Goodrich L. Carrington Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368-1644 Fang Chaoying Fang Chao-ying Columbia University Press 1976 0-231-03801-1 New York 290
July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy.
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.Philip de Heer, The Care-taker Emperor : Aspects of the Imperial Institution in Fifteenth-century China as Reflected in the Political History of the Reign of Chu Chʾi-yü. (Leiden: Brill 1986). ISBN 9004078983.
August 3 – The Emperor Yingzong designates his younger brother, Zhu Qiyu, to administer the Chinese Empire.
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.Mureşanu, Camil (2001). John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom. The Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 973-9432-18-2.
October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English.
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.Norsk biografisk leksikon Karl 1 Knutsson Bonde https://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Karl_1_Knutsson_Bonde/utdypning 28 August 2012
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.Franz Babinger Franz Babinger Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time Princeton University Press 1992 57 978-0-691-01078-6
Births
January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)Edith Carpenter Lorenzo De' Medici https://books.google.com/books?id=j0MZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11 1893 G.P. Putnam's sons 11 en
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, Duke of Clarence, brother of Kings Edward IV 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)Axayácatl, "El de la máscara de agua" (1469-1481) https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/axayacatl-el-de-la-mascara-de-agua-1469-1481 Arqueologia Mexicana July 6, 2016 es Axayácatl,, "He with the Water Mask" June 6, 2019
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)Jones P.J. 1974 The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 201–202 0-521-20042-3
August 13 – Louis IV, Elector Palatine (b. 1424)
October 27 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces https://books.google.com/books?id=p3bfAAAAMAAJ 1990 Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence 20
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)University of Oxford Register of the University of Oxford, 1449 (-1622). ed. by C.W. Boase (A. Clark). 2 vols. [in 5 pt.]. https://books.google.com/books?id=sGNbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA168 1885 168
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