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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 ...
The Felix M. Warburg House is a mansion at 1109 Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was built from 1907 to 1908 for the German-American Jewish financier Felix M. Warburg, in the Châteauesque style, and designed by C. P. H. Gilbert. After Warburg's death in 1937, his widow sold it to a real estate developer.
1442. 28 April – King Edward IV of England (died 1483) 27 September – John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (died 1491) Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (died 1483) 1443. 17 May – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1460)
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The Hungarian Kingdom fell into crisis after the death of King Sigismund in 1437. His son-in-law and successor, King Albert, ruled for only two years and died in 1439, leaving his widow Elizabeth with an unborn child, Ladislaus the Posthumous. The Hungarian noblemen then called the young King Władysław III of Poland to the throne of Hungary, expect...
The mixed Papal army was composed mainly of Hungarian, Polish, Bohemian (whose combined armies numbered 16,000) and Wallachian (4,000) forces, with smaller detachments of papal troops, Teutonic Knights, Bosnians, Croats, Bulgarians, Lithuanians, and Ruthenians. Troops from Croatia and Bosnia were led by Croatian nobleman Franko Talovac. Papal, Vene...
Late on November 9, a large Ottoman army of around 60,000 men approached Varna from the west. At a supreme military council called by Hunyadi during the night, the papal legate, cardinal Julian Cesarini, insisted on a quick withdrawal. However, the Christians were caught between the Black Sea, Lake Varna, the steep wooded slopes of the Franga Plate...
The light Ottoman cavalry assaulted the Croats of ban Franco Talotsi. Christians from the left riposted with bombards and firearms and stopped the attack. Christian soldiers chased the Ottomans in a disorderly pursuit. The Anatolian cavalry ambushed them from the flank. The Christian right wing attempted to flee to the small fortress of Galata on t...
Hunyadi reached the Danube but was captured by Vlad Dracul in Wallachia and imprisoned as insurance in case of Ottoman retaliation or for a high ransom. He was released in exchange for a large amount of money when Hungarian nobles loyal to Hunyadi began to threaten Vlad Dracul with a campaign against him. Another version of the story is that he was...
In the aftermath, the Ottomans had removed a significant opposition to their expansion into central and eastern Europe; subsequent battles forced a large number of Europeans to become Ottoman subjects. The fallen Polish King was named Władysław III Warneńczyk in memory of the battle. The Battle of Varna is commemorated on the Tomb of the Unknown So...
Imber, Colin (July 2006). "Introduction". The Crusade of Varna, 1443–45 (PDF). Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0-7546-0144-7. Retrieved 2007-04-17. – (in English)- 10 November 1444
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Learn what the map of medieval Europe looked like in 1444 in this historical map quiz.The year 1444 was a crucial year in the history of Europe. In the West, the Treaty of Tours was signed, creating a 5 year truce between France and England and putting a halt to the Hundred Years' War, which had begun more than a century earlier in 1337. In the East, the year 1444 saw the defeat of the Poles ...
Medieval Popes. Gregory I. Gregory XIII. Julius II. Julius III. Leo X. Pius V. Historical events in 1444. See what famous, scandalous and important events happened in 1444 or search by date or keyword.
