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| Years: 1441 1442 1443 - 1444 - 1445 1446 1447 | |
| Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance
- April 16 - Truce of Tours. Five Year Truce between England and France
- August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War. Charles VII of France, seeking to send away troublesome troops made idle by the truce with England, sends his son the Dauphin with a large army into Switzerland to support the claims of Emperor Frederick III. The massively outnumbered Swiss force is destroyed in this battle, but inflict such casualties on the French that they withdraw.
- November 10 - Battle of Varna. The crusading forces of King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II. Ladislas is killed.
- Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire abdicates in favor of his son Mehmed II following his defeat in the Battle of Jalowaz.
- Forces of the Sultan of Egypt fail to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
- Iguvine Tables discovered at Gubbio, Italy
- Portuguese explorers reach the mouth of the rivers Senegal and Gambia.
Births
- January 24 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1476)
- March 11 - Donato Bramante, Italian architect
- Heinrich Finck, German composer
Deaths
- May 20 - Bernadine of Siena, Italian Counter-Reformation evangelist and saint.
- May 27 - John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
- November 10 - King Ladislaus III of Poland (killed in battle)
- Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist
- Niccolò Piccinino, Italian condottiereaf:1444
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