1449

1449

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.

January 1 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
January 17 - Blessed Osanna of Mantua, Dominican mystic (d. 1505)
April 27 - Asakura Ujikage, Japanese clan head (d. 1486)
October 8 - Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (d. 1503)
October 21 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1478)
date unknown
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (d. 1513)
- Domenico Gagini, sculptor (d. 1492)
- Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (d. 1494)
- Magnus Hundt, German physician and theologian (d. 1519)
- Margaret of Thuringia, wife of the Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1501)
probable
- Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (d. 1490)
- Srimanta Sankardeva, Assamese scholar and religious figure (d. c. 1568)