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    1444 by topic. 1444 ( MCDXLIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1444th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 444th year of the 2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1444, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of ...

  2. Murad II. Władysław III Warneńczyk. Battle of Varna, Turkish victory over a largely Hungarian force on November 10, 1444, in what is now Bulgaria, ending the European powers’ efforts to save Constantinople (now Istanbul) from Turkish conquest and enabling the Ottoman Empire to confirm and expand its control over the Balkans.

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  3. On November 9, 1444, scouts under the command of Michael Szilagyi, Hunyadi’s brother-in-law and one of his most trusted captains, spotted the Ottoman army advancing in full battle array to a plain five miles west of Varna where they set up camp. Ladislas called his commanders to council and they all agreed the time had come to fight.

  4. May 1, 2020 · The following 3 files are in this category, out of 3 total. 1444 Map.jpg 6,637 × 4,983; 4.6 MB. Pskov Republic 1444.jpg 983 × 790; 138 KB. Western European detail of anonymous portolan chart (attrib. Vallseca, c.1440).jpg 1,235 × 961; 811 KB. Categories: Maps of Europe by decade. 15th-century maps of Europe.

  5. Mehmed II ( Ottoman Turkish: محمد ثانى, romanized: Meḥmed-i s̱ānī; Turkish: II. Mehmed, pronounced [icinˈdʒi ˈmehmed]; 30 March 1432 – 3 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (Ottoman Turkish: ابو الفتح, romanized: Ebū'l-fetḥ, lit. 'the Father of Conquest'; Turkish: Fâtih Sultan Mehmed ), was an Ottoman ...

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