1449

	1449 in topic:
	Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture –
	Art – Literature – Music – Science
	Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors
	Category: Establishments – Disestablishments
	Births – Deaths – Works v • d • e

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

Year 1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

[edit] Events of 1449

January 6 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mistra. He will be 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 is elected by the Council of Basel.
April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
August 13 – First Margrave War: Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg.
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.
October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English.

January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492)
January 17 – Blessed Osanna of Mantua, Dominican mystic (d. 1505)
April 27 – Asakura Ujikage, Japanese clan head (d. 1486)
October 8 – Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (d. 1503)
October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1478)
date unknown
- Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus (d. 1513)
- Domenico Gagini, sculptor (d. 1492)
- Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (d. 1494)
- Magnus Hundt, German physician and theologian (d. 1519)
- Margaret of Thuringia, wife of the Elector of Brandenburg (d. 1501)
probable
- Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (d. 1490)
- Srimanta Sankardeva, Assamese scholar and religious figure (d. c. 1568)