1449 facts for kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1446 1447 1448 – 1449 – 1450 1451 1452

Events of 1449

• January 6 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor, at Mistra. He was 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 elected by the Council of Basel
• April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
• August 13 – Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes the Lichtenau fortress from Nuremberg in the First Margrave War.
• 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 in 1450.
• October 29 – French recapture Rouen from the English

Births

• January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (died 1492)
• October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1478)
• date unknown – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (died 1494)
• probable – Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (died 1490)

Deaths

• May 20 – Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (born 1392)
• October 27 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (born 1394)
• date unknown
  • Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (born 1443)
  • Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles