This page is about the year 1441. ... Events The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights. ... Events Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II. Births January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500) February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490) May 17 - Edmund... Events Discovery of Senegal and Cape Verde by Dinas Diaz Births March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) March 16 - Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (died 1510) Albert Brudzewski, Polish astronomer (died 1497) Nicolas Chuquet, French mathematician Deaths June 5 - Leonel Power, English composer June 11 - Henry... Events Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries. ... Events March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and Trends Categories: 1410s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1420s ... Events and Trends A map of Europe in the 1430s. ... Events and Trends Categories: 1440s ... Events and Trends Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. ... Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s - 1460s - 1470s 1480s 1490s 1500s 1510s Years: 1460 1461 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 Events and Trends Sonni Ali, first Songhai king, conquers many of his African neighbors. ... Events and Trends battle of Avenches 1476 Prominent Persons Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer and mathematician A map of Europe in the 1470s. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

Events

• March 2 - 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 Zürich 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
• Portuguese explorers reach the mouth of the rivers Senegal and Gambia.

March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... Scanderbeg sculpture Gjergj Kastrioti (Italian: Giorgio Castriota) (1405–January 17, 1468), better known as Skanderbeg or Skenderbej, was an Albanian leader who resisted the expanding Ottoman Empire for 25 years and is today considered a national hero of Albania. ... The land that is today Albania was controlled by the Ottoman Empire from 1385 until 1913. ... April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... Location within France Tours Cathedral: 15th century Flamboyante Gothic west front with Renaissance pinnacles, 1547 Tours Cathedral. ... August 26 is the 238th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (239th in leap years). ... The Battle of St. ... The Old Zürich War (Alter Zürichkrieg), 1440–1446, was a conflict between the canton of Zürich and the other seven cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy over the succession to the Count of Toggenburg. ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ... Louis XI the Giver (French: Louis XI le Donner) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was King of France (1461–1483). ... Detail of Aeneas Piccolomini Introduces Eleonora of Portugal to Frederick III by Pinturicchio (1454-1513) Frederick III of Habsburg (Innsbruck, September 21, 1415 – August 19, 1493 in Linz) was elected as German King as the successor of Albert II in 1440. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Combatants Hungary, Poland and others Ottoman Empire Commanders Wladislaus III Janos Hunyadi Murad II Strength 30,000 120,000 Casualties 11,000 13,000 {{{notes}}} The Battle of Varna took place on November 10, 1444 near Varna in eastern Bulgaria. ... Murad II Murad II (1404 – February 3, 1451) (Arabic: مراد الثاني) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 (except for a period from 1444 to 1446). ... Murad II Murad II (1404 – February 3, 1451) (Arabic: مراد الثاني) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to 1451 (except for a period from 1444 to 1446). ... This is the current Article Improvement Drive collaboration! CAST YOUR VOTE for next weeks article For the thrash metal band, see The Ottoman Empire. ... Mehmed II by Gentile Bellini Mehmed II, Mehmet II, or Muhammed II (also known as el-Fatih (الفاتح), the Conqueror, in Ottoman Turkish, or, in modern Turkish, Fatih Sultan Mehmet) (March 30, 1432 – May 3, 1481) (Arabic: محمد الثاني) was first the sultan of the Ottoman Empire for a short time from 1444... Rhodes, Greek Ρόδος (pron. ... The Knights Hospitaller (the or Knights of Malta or Knights of Rhodes) is a tradition which began as a Benedictine nursing Order founded in the 11th century based in the Holy Land, but soon became a militant Christian Chivalric Order under its own charter, and was charged with the care... The Iguvine Tables were a series of seven bronze tablets discovered at Iguvium, contemporary Gubbio, in Italy in the year 1444. ... Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 43°12′ N 12°34′ E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. ...

Births

• January 24 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (died 1476)
• March 11 - Donato Bramante, Italian architect (died 1514)
• John de Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1476)
• Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (died 1544)

January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Galeazzo Maria Sforza (January 24, 1444 – December 26, 1476) was Duke of Milan. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... 11 March is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... Donato Bramante Donato Bramante (1444 - March 11, 1514), Italian architect, who introduced the Early Renaissance style to Milan and the High Renaissance style to Rome, where his most famous design was St. ... 1514 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Mowbray, 4th Duke of Norfolk was born in 1444 and died in 1476. ... Events March 2 - Battle of Grandson. ... Nilakantha Somayaji (नीलकण्ठ सोमयाजि) (1444-1544), from Kerala, was a major mathematician and astronomer. ... Events April 11 - Battle of Ceresole - French forces under the Comte dEnghien defeat Imperial forces under the Marques Del Vasto near Turin. ...

Deaths

• April 26 - Robert Campin, Flemish painter (born 1378)
• May 20 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. 1380)
• May 27 - John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English military leader (born 1404)
• November 10 - King Wladislaus III of Poland (killed in battle) (born 1424)
• November 25 - Martin Gouge, French chancellor
• Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born 1374)
• Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (born 1386)
• John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset