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.

Ongoing

*Wars in Lombardy (1425-1454)

Births

*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)

Deaths

*March - Dolce dell'Anguillara, condottiero (b. 1401)
* May 20 (at the Battle of Alfarrobeira)
**Dom Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Earl of Avranches
**Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (b. 1392)
*August 13 - Louis IV, Elector Palatine (b. 1424)
* October 27 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. 1394)
*December 24 - Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler (b. 1385)
*"date unknown"
**Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (b. 1443)
**Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles