Major Events
- Jan 6 Byzantine Emperor Constantine XI is crowned at Mistra.
- Apr 25 Anti-pope Felix V resigns
- Sep 8 Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese Emperor Yingzong of Ming
- Oct 28 Christian I is crowned King of Denmark in the Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen, establishing the House of Oldenburg (still rules the Danish throne today)
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Who Died in 1449
- May 20 Peter, Duke of Coimbra and writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies at 56
- Aug 9 Walter Hungerford, English soldier, diplomat and influential politician (fought with Henry V at Agincourt), dies at 78 [1]
- Oct 27 Ulugh Beg, Timurid sultan of Samarkand and astronomer, assassinated at 56
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