1444

Years: 1441 1442 1443 - 1444 - 1445 1446 1447
Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

March 1 - Gjergj Kastriot Skanderbeg proclaimed commander of the Albanian resistance
April 16 - Truce of Tours. Five Year Truce between England and France
August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Z�rich War. Charles VII of France, seeking to send away troublesome troops made idle by the truce with England, sends his son the Dauphin with a large army into Switzerland to support the claims of Emperor Frederick III. The massively outnumbered Swiss force is destroyed in this battle, but inflict such casualties on the French that they withdraw.
November 10 - Battle of Varna. The crusading forces of King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary are crushed by the Turks under Sultan Murad II. Ladislas is killed.
Murad II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire abdicates in favor of his son Mehmed II following his defeat in the Battle of Jalowaz.
Forces of the Sultan of Egypt fail to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
Iguvine Tables discovered at Gubbio, Italy

Births

Deaths

May 27 - John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
November 10 - King Ladislaus III of Poland (Battle of Varna)
Humanist Leonardo Bruni

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