1449
year
1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1449th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 449th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 15th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1449, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1446 1447 1448 – 1449 – 1450 1451 1452 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1449 MCDXLIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2202 |
| Armenian calendar | 898 ԹՎ ՊՂԸ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6199 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1370–1371 |
| Bengali calendar | 856 |
| Berber calendar | 2399 |
| English Regnal year | 27 Hen. 6 – 28 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1993 |
| Burmese calendar | 811 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6957–6958 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4145 or 4085 — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 4146 or 4086 |
| Coptic calendar | 1165–1166 |
| Discordian calendar | 2615 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1441–1442 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5209–5210 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1505–1506 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1370–1371 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4549–4550 |
| Holocene calendar | 11449 |
| Igbo calendar | 449–450 |
| Iranian calendar | 827–828 |
| Islamic calendar | 852–853 |
| Japanese calendar | Bun'an 6 / Hōtoku 1 (宝徳元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1364–1365 |
| Julian calendar | 1449 MCDXLIX |
| Korean calendar | 3782 |
| Minguo calendar | 463 before ROC 民前463年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −19 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1991–1992 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1575 or 1194 or 422 — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1576 or 1195 or 423 |
Events
change- January 6 – Constantine XI is crowned 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 – Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes the Lichtenau fortress from Nuremberg in the First Margrave War.
- September 8 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – the 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
change- 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 khan of Kazan Khanate, (died 1490)
Deaths
change- 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