1446
*
Mehmed II Sultan of the
Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father
Murad II by the
Janissaries.
* The
Portuguese reach
Guinea-Bissau.
* In
Italy, the siege of
Cremona by the
condottieri troops of
Francesco Piccinino and
Luigi dal Verme was raised after the arrival of
Scaramuccia da Forlì.
*
October 9 - The
Hangul alphabet is created in
Korea. The
Hunmin Jeongeum published during the year is consided the start of this brand new scientific writing system.
*
December 10 -
Murad II, sultan of the
Ottoman Empire, destroys the Hexamillion wall in an assault that includes
cannons. This renders the
Morea open to Ottoman invasion.
*
May 3 -
Margaret of Burgundy, wife of
Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (died
1503)
*
Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (died
1506)
*
Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (died
1508)
*
William Grocyn, English scholar (died
1519)
*
Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (died
1524)
*
May 9 -
Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born
1367)
*
December 28 -
Antipope Clement VIII*
Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (born
1377)
*
Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born
1378)
*
Ambroise de Lore, Baron of Ivry (born
1396)
