- 1442
Year 1442 was a
common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar .Events of 1442
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June 12 - Alfonso of Aragon is crowned atNaples .
* The community ofRauma, Finland is granted its town rights.
* The municipality ofJuva, Finland was founded.
*Vlad II Dracul is temporarily replaced as ruler ofWallachia by his sonMircea .
* A fourth tower is added toLiverpool Castle .
* Battle of Sibiu:John Huniady defeats an Ottoman army of 80,000 strong, led by Mezid the Bey ofVidin , nearSibiu .Births
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April 28 - KingEdward IV of England (d.1483 )
*July 3 -Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d.1500 )
*September 27 -John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d.1491 )
*"date unknown"
**Tamás Bakócz , Hungarian archbishop (d.1521 )
**Vannozza dei Cattanei , mistress ofPope Alexander VI
*"probable" -Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (d.1483 )Deaths
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August 29 -John VI, Duke of Brittany (b.1389 )
*October 18 -Infante João of Portugal (b.1400 )
*December 18 -Pierre Cauchon , French Catholic bishop (b.1371 )
*December 26 -Niccolò III d'Este , Marquess of Ferrara (b.1383 )
*"date unknown"
**Al-Maqrizi , Arab historian
**Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat
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