What is 1448?
{{Year nav|1448}} {{Year in various calendars|1448}} {{Year article header|1448}} == Events of 1448 == *[[January 5]]/ [[January 6|6]] – [[Christopher of Bavaria]], [[King of Denmark]], [[King of Norway|Norway]] and [[List of Swedish monarchs|Sweden]] dies with no designated heir, leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. Brothers [[Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna]] and [[Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna]] are selected to serve as co-regents of Sweden. *[[June 20]] – The [[Regent|Regency]] period of [[Sweden]] ends with the election of Karl Knutsson Bonde as King [[Charles VIII of Sweden]]. *[[June 28]] – [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] is publicly hailed as king at [[Mora Stones]]. *[[September 28]] – Christian of Oldenburg, betrothed to [[Queen Dowager]] [[Dorothea of Brandenburg]], becomes King [[Christian I of Denmark]]. *[[October 17]] – [[Battle of Kosovo (1448)|Battle of Kosovo]] – Hungarian forces under [[John Hunyadi]] are defeated by the Turks due to the treachery of Prince Dan of [[Wallachia]] and [[George Brankovic]] of [[Serbia]]. *[[Queens' College, Cambridge]] founded by [[Margaret of Anjou]]. *[[Vatican Library]] founded by [[Pope Nicholas V]]. *[[Vlad III the Impaler]] becomes reigning Prince of [[Wallachia]] for two months before being deposed by [[Vladislav II]]. *After a long episode of drought, flood, [[locust]] infestation, and famine in [[Ming Dynasty]] [[China]] since the year [[1434]], these natural afflicitions finally wane and agriculture and commerce return to a state of normalcy. == Births == *[[November 4]] – King [[Alphonso II of Naples]] (died [[1495]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia]] (died [[1478]]) **[[Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine]] (died [[1473]]) == Deaths == *[[January 6]] – [[Christopher of Bavaria]], [[King of Denmark]], Norway and Sweden (born [[1418]]) *[[September 23]] – [[Adolph I, Duke of Cleves]] (born [[1373]]) *[[October 31]] – [[John VIII Palaeologus]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (born [[1390]]) *''date unknown'' – [[Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning]], Chinese general (bo