Explore 65 historical events from 1440–1449.
Margaret of York, also known as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477 as the third wife of Charles the Bold, and after his death (1477) acted as a protect…
Margaret of York (died 1503)
Ippolita Maria Sforza was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of the Duke of Calabria, …
Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (died 1484)
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470, then again from 11 April 1471 until he died in 1483. He was a central figure in the Wars of the Roses, a series o…
Edward IV, king of England (died 1483)
Robert Campin now usually identified with the Master of Flémalle, was a master painter who, along with Jan van Eyck, initiated the development of early Netherlandish painting, a ke…
Robert Campin, Flemish painter (born 1378)
Mary of Enghien, also known as Maria d'Enghien, was ruling Countess of Lecce from 1384 to 1446 and Queen of Naples and titular Queen of Sicily, Jerusalem and Hungary from 1406 to 1…
Mary of Enghien (born 1368)
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk also known as Elizabeth Plantagenet was the fifth child and second daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville. She w…
Elizabeth of York, Duchess of Suffolk (died 1503)
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, 3rd Earl of Somerset was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. He was a paternal first cousin of King Henry…
John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (born 1404)
Bernardino of Siena, OFM, was an Italian Catholic priest and Franciscan missionary preacher in the Republic of Siena. He was a systematizer of scholastic economics.
Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (born 1380)
The Battle of Alfarrobeira took place on 20 May 1449. It was a confrontation between the forces commanded by King Afonso V of Portugal and his uncle Afonso, Duke of Braganza, again…
The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal
Henry Beauchamp, 14th Earl and 1st Duke of Warwick, was an English nobleman.
Henry de Beauchamp, 1st Duke of Warwick (born 1425)
The Battle of Alfarrobeira took place on 20 May 1449. It was a confrontation between the forces commanded by King Afonso V of Portugal and his uncle Afonso, Duke of Braganza, again…
The Battle of Alfarrobeira is fought, establishing the House of Braganza as a principal royal family of Portugal
The Tumu Crisis, also known as the Crisis of the Tumu Fortress, or the Jisi Incident, was a border conflict between the Oirat Mongols and the Ming dynasty of China. In July 1449, E…
Tumu Crisis: The Mongols capture the Emperor of China.
Christian I was a German noble and Scandinavian monarch under the Kalmar Union. He was king of Denmark (1448–1481), Norway (1450–1481) and Sweden (1457–1464). From 1460 to 1481, he…
Christian I is crowned king of Denmark.
Bona of Savoy was Duchess of Milan as the second wife of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444–1476), Duke of Milan. Following her husband's assassination in 1476, she served as regent of Mi…
Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (died 1503)
Count Philipp I of Hanau-Münzenberg, nicknamed Philipp the Younger, was a son of Count Reinhard III of Hanau and Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach. He was the Count of Hanau fr…
Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg (died 1500)
Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches was a Portuguese knight and nobleman, with a long and illustrious career abroad in England. He was invested by the English king, Henry …
Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches
George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was the sixth child and third surviving son of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York, and Cecily Neville, Duchess of York, and the brother of Engl…
George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Irish-English son of Cecily Neville, Duchess of York (died 1478)
Dom Peter, Duke of Coimbra, KG was a Portuguese infante (prince) of the House of Aviz, son of King Dom John I of Portugal and his wife, Philippa of Lancaster, daughter of John of G…
Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (born 1392)
Polissena Sforza was an Italian noblewoman and wife of the Lord of Rimini. She was the daughter of the condottiero Francesco Sforza, the future Duke of Milan, and Giovanna d'Acquap…
Polissena Sforza, Lady of Rimini (born 1428)
Mīrzā Muhammad Tarāghāy bin Shāhrukh, better known as Ulugh Beg, was a Timurid sultan, as well as an astronomer and mathematician.
Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer, mathematician and sultan (born 1394)
Henry of Württemberg was, from 1473 to 1482, count of Montbéliard.
Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (died 1519)
Adolph I of Cleves was the second Count of Cleves and the fourth Count of Mark.
Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (born 1373)
Zhu Quan, the Prince of Ning, was a Chinese historian, military commander, musician, and playwright. He was the 17th son of the Hongwu Emperor of the Ming dynasty. During his life,…
Zhu Quan, Chinese prince, historian and playwright (born 1378)
Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death. Skanderbeg is considered to be a major figur…
Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti signed a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War.
The Second Battle of Kosovo was a land battle between a Hungarian-led Crusader army and the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo field that took place from 17–20 October 1448. It was the culmi…
An Ottoman army defeats a Hungarian army at the Second Battle of Kosovo.
The Second Battle of Kosovo was a land battle between a Hungarian-led Crusader army and the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo field that took place from 17–20 October 1448. It was the culmi…
The second Battle of Kosovo begins between Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi and Ottoman forces under Murad II.
The Second Battle of Kosovo was a land battle between a Hungarian-led Crusader army and the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo field that took place from 17–20 October 1448. It was the culmi…
The second battle of Kosovo ends when the larger army of the Ottoman Empire defeats those of the Kingdom of Hungary…
The Battle of Sark, or the Battle of Lochmaben Stone, was fought between Scotland and England on 23 October 1448 or 1449. It was a decisive Scottish victory, the first since the Ba…
Scotland wins a decisive victory over England at the Battle of Sark, the last pitched battle to be fought between the…
Lucas Watzenrode the Younger was Prince-Bishop of Warmia (Ermland) and patron to his nephew, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (died 1512)
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, 2nd Earl of Huntingdon was an English nobleman and military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His father, the 1st Duke of Exeter, was a mat…
John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)
Filippo Maria Visconti was the Duke of Milan from 1412 until his death in 1447.
Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan (born 1392)
Ippolita Maria Sforza was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the Sforza family which ruled the Duchy of Milan from 1450 until 1535. She was the first wife of the Duke of Calabria, …
Ippolita Maria Sforza, Italian noble (died 1484)
Margaret of York, also known as Margaret of Burgundy, was Duchess of Burgundy from 1468 to 1477 as the third wife of Charles the Bold, and after his death (1477) acted as a protect…
Margaret of York (died 1503)
Mary of Enghien, also known as Maria d'Enghien, was ruling Countess of Lecce from 1384 to 1446 and Queen of Naples and titular Queen of Sicily, Jerusalem and Hungary from 1406 to 1…
Mary of Enghien (born 1368)