What is 1449?
{{Year nav|1449}} {{Year in various calendars|1449}} {{Year article header|1449}} == Events == *[[January 6]] – [[Constantine XI]] is crowned [[Byzantine Empire|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]] – [[Albert III, Elector of Brandenburg|Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles]] takes the Lichtenau fortress from Nuremberg in the First Margrave War. *[[September 8]] – [[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 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 of Kazan|Ilham Ghali]] [[Khan (title)|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 [[Category:1449| ]]