1444

From the Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can change

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

1444 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1444
Ab urbe condita	2197
Chinese calendar	4080 – 4081
Hebrew calendar	5203 – 5204
Hindu calendars – Vikram Samvat – Shaka Samvat – Kali Yuga	1499 – 1500 1366 – 1367 4545 – 4546
Iranian calendar	822 – 823
Islamic calendar	864 – 865
Runic calendar	1694

Year 1444was a leap year. It started on a Wednesday.

[change] Events

• March 2 - The Albanian League started in Lezha; Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg becomes leader of the Albanian resistance
• April 16 - Truce of Tours begins between England and France
• June 15 - Cosimo de' Medici starts the Laurentian Library.
• August 26 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs in the Old Zürich War.
• August - Murad II abdicates because of defeat at the Battle of Jalowaz.
• November 10 - Battle of Varna. King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary is killed.
• The Sultan of Egypt fails to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
• The Iguvine Tables are discovered at Gubbio, Italy
• Portuguese explorers reach the mouth of the Senegal river and the Gambia river.
• The Mercado de Escravos, the first European slave market for selling African Slaves, opens in Lagos, Portugal.
• A fire occurs at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

[change] Births

• January 24 - Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian duke (died 1476)
• March 1 - Sandro Botticelli, Italian artist (died 1510) (born 1444 or 1445)
• March 11 - Donato Bramante, Italian architect (died 1514)
• John de Mowbray, English duke (died 1476)
• Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian mathematician and astronomer (died 1544)

[change] Deaths

• February 14 - Henriette of Mömpelgard,countess (born 1387)
• March 9 - Leonardo Bruni, Italian humanist (born 1374)
• April 26 - Robert Campin, Flemish artist (born 1378)
• May 20 - Bernardino of Siena, Italian saint and missionary (born 1380)
• May 27 - John Beaufort, English duke and military leader (born 1404)
• October 15 - Niccolò Piccinino, Italian mercenary (born 1386)
• November 10 - King Wladislaus III, king of Poland (born 1424)
• November 25 - Martin Gouge, French chancellor