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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1443 1444 1445 – 1446 – 1447 1448 1449 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1446 MCDXLVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2199 |
| Armenian calendar | 895 ԹՎ ՊՂԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6196 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -398–-397 |
| Bengali calendar | 853 |
| Berber calendar | 2396 |
| English Regnal year | 24 Hen. 6 – 25 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1990 |
| Burmese calendar | 808 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6954–6955 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙丑年十二月初四日 (4082/4142-12-4) — to —
丙寅年十二月十四日(4083/4143-12-14) |
| Coptic calendar | 1162–1163 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1438–1439 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5206–5207 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1502–1503 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1368–1369 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4547–4548 |
| Holocene calendar | 11446 |
| Iranian calendar | 824–825 |
| Islamic calendar | 849–850 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunnan 3 (文安3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3779 |
| Minguo calendar | 466 before ROC 民前466年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1989 |
Year 1446 was a common year. It started on a Saturday.
Events of 1446
- Portuguese navigator, Álvaro Fernandes, reaches the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.
- The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully rebuilt.
- The troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Vermebesiege Cremona, Italy.
- The Hunmin Jeongeumis published in Korea, starting the Hangul alphabet.
- Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, abdicates. His father, Murad II becomes Sultan.
- December 10 – Murad II destroys the Hexamillion wall, opening the Morea to Ottoman invasion.
Births
- May 3 – Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1503)
- Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (died 1508)
- Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (probable) (died 1506)
- William Grocyn, English scholar (probable) (died 1519)
- Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (probable) (died 1524)
Deaths
- April 15 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (born 1377)
- May 9 – Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born 1367)
- May 24 – Ambroise de Loré, Baron of Ivry (born 1396)
- December 28 – Antipope Clement VIII
- Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)