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August 13 – First Margrave War: Margrave Albrecht takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg. September 1 – 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.
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.
The Council of Florence is the seventeenth ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held between 1431 and 1449. It was convoked as the Council of Basel by Pope Martin V shortly before his death in February 1431 and took place in the context of the Hussite Wars in Bohemia and the rise of the Ottoman Empire.
Mīrzā Muhammad Tarāghāy bin Shāhrukh (Chagatay: میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاهرخ; Persian: میرزا محمد طارق بن شاهرخ), better known as Ulugh Beg (Persian: الغبیک; Turkish: Uluğ Bey; 22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449), [a] was a Timurid sultan, as well as an astronomer and mathematician.
May 14 – Second Siege of Sfetigrad (1449): The Albanian garrison surrenders and the Ottomans seize the fortress. May 20 – Battle of Alfarrobeira : King Afonso V of Portugal defeats the forces of Peter, Duke of Coimbra .
Mons Meg is a mediaeval bombard made in 1449. It is now at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. In contrast to modern shells, which are explosive, these older cannons fired solid balls. Mons Meg fired balls of iron.
The 1440s was a decade that began on 1 January 1440 and ended on 31 December 1449. It is distinct from the decade known as the 145th decade which began on January 1, 1441 and ended on December 31, 1450. Events. The Coptic Church of Ethiopia contacts the Roman Catholic Church for the first time.
