What Happened in 1448

Major Events

  • Sep 28 Christian I is crowned king of Denmark
  • Oct 13 First assembly of Catalan dioceses to choose their syndics (representative) to plead abolition of serfdom to King Alfons IV - 1st official recognition of serfs organizing to defend their rights
  • Oct 17 Second Battle of Kosovo, where the mainly Hungarian army led by John Hunyadi were defeated by an Ottoman army led by Sultan Murad II.
  • Dec 5 Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication
  • Dec 20 Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal

Born in 1448

  • Jun 2 Domenico Ghirlandaio [Bigordi], Italian Renaissance painter, and mentor of Michelangelo, born in Florence (d. 1494) [birthdate disputed]
  • Nov 4 Alphonso II, King of Naples (1494-95), born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples (now Italy) (d. 1495)

Who Died in 1448

  • Jan 5 Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark (1440-48), Norway (1441-48) and Sweden (1442-48), dies suddenly at 31
  • Oct 31 Johannes VIII Palaeologus, Emperor of Byzantine, dies