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Years: 1443 1444 1445 - 1446 - 1447 1448 1449

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries.
• The Portuguese reach Guinea-Bissau.
• In Italy, the siege of Cremona by the condottieri troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Verme was raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da Forlì.
• October 9 - The Hangul alphabet is created in Korea. The Hunmin Jeongeum published during the year is consided the start of this brand new scientific writing system.
• December 10 - Murad II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, destroys the Hexamillion wall in an assault that includes cannons. This renders the Morea open to Ottoman invasion.

Births

• May 3 - Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1503)
• Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (died 1506)
• Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (died 1508)
• William Grocyn, English scholar (died 1519)
• Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (died 1524)

Deaths

• May 9 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born 1367)
• December 28 - Antipope Clement VIII
• Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (born 1377)
• Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)
• Ambroise de Lore, Baron of Ivry (born 1396)af:1446

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