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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1449''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDXLIX]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== 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>

== Births ==
* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Lorenzo de' Medici]], Italian statesman (d. [[1492]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Edith Carpenter|title=Lorenzo De' Medici|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0MZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA11|year=1893|publisher=G.P. Putnam's sons|pages=11|language=en}}</ref>
* [[January 17]] &ndash; [[Osanna of Mantua]], Italian Dominican tertiary (d. [[1505]])
* [[February 7]] &ndash; [[Adriana of Nassau-Siegen]], consort of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. [[1477]])
* [[April 27]] &ndash; [[Asakura Ujikage]], 8th head of the Asakura clan of Japan (d. [[1486]])
* [[August 10]] &ndash; [[Bona of Savoy]], Duchess of Savoy (d. [[1503]])
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg]], German noble (d. [[1500]])
* [[October 21]] &ndash; [[George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence]], brother of [[Edward IV of England]] and [[Richard III of England]] (d. [[1478]])
* [[November 11]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Poděbrady]], Hungarian Queen (d. [[1464]])
* [[November 14]] &ndash; [[Sidonie of Poděbrady]], Bohemian princess, duchess consort of Saxony (d. [[1510]])
* [[December 6]] &ndash; [[Dorotea Gonzaga]], Italian noble (d. [[1467]])
* ''date unknown'' 
** [[Aldus Manutius]], Italian printer
** [[Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus]] (d. [[1513]])
**[[Axayacatl]], Aztec ruler of [[Tenochtitlan]] (d. [[1481]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Axayácatl, "El de la máscara de agua" (1469-1481)|url=https://arqueologiamexicana.mx/mexico-antiguo/axayacatl-el-de-la-mascara-de-agua-1469-1481|website=Arqueologia Mexicana|date=July 6, 2016 |language=es|trans-title=Axayácatl,, "He with the Water Mask"|access-date=June 6, 2019}}</ref>
** [[Domenico Gagini]], Italian sculptor (d. [[1492]])
** [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian artist (d. [[1494]])
** [[Magnus Hundt]], German physician and theologian (d. [[1519]])
** [[Margaret of Thuringia]], Electress consort of Brandenburg (d. [[1501]])
* ''probable'' 
** [[Ilham Ghali of Kazan|Ilham Ghali]] [[Khan (title)|khan]] of [[Kazan Khanate]], (d. [[1490]])
** [[Srimanta Sankardeva]], Assamese scholar and religious figure (d. c. [[1568]])
** [[Mandukhai Khatun]], Mongolian queen

== Deaths ==
* [[January 4]] &ndash; [[Cecilia of Brandenburg]], Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (b. c.1405)
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Giovanni Berardi]], Archbishop of Taranto (b. [[1380]])
* [[February 2]] &ndash; [[Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani]], Islamic scholar (b. [[1372]])
* [[March]] &ndash; [[Dolce dell'Anguillara]], Italian condottiero (b. [[1401]])
* [[May]] &ndash; [[Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross]], Lord of the Isles
* [[May 20]] (at the Battle of Alfarrobeira)
** [[Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches]]
** [[Peter, Duke of Coimbra]] (b. [[1392]])
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Polissena Sforza]], Lady of Rimini (b. 1428)<ref>{{cite book |last=Jones |first=P.J. |author-link= |date=1974 |title=The Malatesta of Rimini and the Papal State |url= |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |pages=201–202 |language= |isbn=0-521-20042-3}}</ref>
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Louis IV, Elector Palatine]] (b. [[1424]])
* [[October 27]] &ndash; [[Ulugh Beg]], Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. [[1394]])<ref>{{cite book|title=Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3bfAAAAMAAJ|year=1990|publisher=Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence|page=20}}</ref>
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brzeg-Legnica and Cieszyn]], German princess (b. [[1403]])
* [[November 19]] &ndash; [[Kunigunde of Sternberg]], first spouse of the King George of Podebrady (b. [[1425]])
* [[December 24]] &ndash; [[Walter Bower]], Scottish chronicler (b. [[1385]])<ref>{{cite book|author=University of Oxford|title=Register of the University of Oxford, 1449 (-1622). ed. by C.W. Boase (A. Clark). 2 vols. [in 5 pt.].|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sGNbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA168|year=1885|pages=168}}</ref>

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