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== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]] is crowned [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine Emperor]] at [[Mistra]]; he will be the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the [[founding of Rome]].
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Alexăndrel of Moldavia|Alexăndrel]] seizes the throne of [[Moldavia]], with the support of the boyars.
* [[March 24]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War (1415–1453)|Hundred Years' War]]: English forces capture [[Fougères]] in Brittany.<ref name=CBH>{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=123–125|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}</ref>
* [[April 7]] &ndash; The last [[Antipope]], [[Felix V]], abdicates.
* [[April 19]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas V]] is elected by the [[Council of Basel]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Leonard von Matt|author2=Hans Kühner|title=The Popes: Papal History in Picture and Word|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hN9OAAAAMAAJ|year=1963|publisher=Universe Books|page=128}}</ref>
* [[April 25]] &ndash; The [[Council of Basel]] dissolves itself.
* [[May]] &ndash; An English privateering fleet led by Robert Wennington challenges ships of the [[Hanseatic League]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Sea and Medieval English Literature|first=Sebastian I.|last=Sobecki|publisher=D.S. Brewer|location=Cambridge|year=2008|isbn=9781846155918|page=155}}</ref>
* [[May 14]] &ndash; [[Second Siege of Sfetigrad (1449)]]: The Albanian garrison surrenders and the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] seize the fortress.
* [[May 20]] &ndash; [[Battle of Alfarrobeira]]: King [[Afonso V of Portugal]] defeats the forces of [[Peter, Duke of Coimbra]].
* [[July]] &ndash; Hundred Years' War: The French invade [[Normandy]].<ref name=CBH/>
* [[August 13]] &ndash; First Margrave War: [[Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg|Margrave Albrecht]] takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg.
* [[September 1]] &ndash; [[Battle of Tumu Fortress]]: The [[Oirats|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]] &ndash; [[Bogdan II of Moldavia]] enters the country with troops from [[John Hunyadi]], and takes the throne after [[Alexăndrel of Moldavia|Alexăndrel]] flees.
* [[October 29]] &ndash; The French recapture [[Rouen]] from the English.<ref name=CBH/></onlyinclude>