| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s
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| Years: | 1443 1444 1445 - 1446 - 1447 1448 1449 |
| 1446 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1446 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events of 1446[]
- Mehmed II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries.
- Portuguese navigator, Álvaro Fernandes, reached the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.
- The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully reconstructed.
- 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.
- The Blarney Stone stone was set into a tower of Blarney Castle in Blarney County Cork in Ireland.
| Gregorian calendar | 1446 MCDXLVI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2199 |
| Armenian calendar | 895 ԹՎ ՊՂԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -398 – -397 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1990 |
| Coptic calendar | 1162 – 1163 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1438 – 1439 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5206 – 5207 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1501 – 1502 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1368 – 1369 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4547 – 4548 |
| Holocene calendar | 11446 |
| Iranian calendar | 824 – 825 |
| Islamic calendar | 849 – 850 |
| Japanese calendar | Bunnan
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2106 (皇紀2106年) |
| Julian calendar | 1491 |
| Korean calendar | 3779 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1989 |
Births[]
- May 3 - Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles I (died 1503)
- date unknown - Edmund de Ros, English politician (died 1508)
- probable
- Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (died 1506)
- William Grocyn, English scholar (died 1519)
- Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (died 1524)
Deaths[]
- April 15 - Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (born 1377)
- May 9 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (born 1367)
- May 24 - Ambroise de Loré, Baron of Ivry (born 1396)
- December 28 - Antipope Clement VIII
- date unknown - Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)
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People of the year 1446 at Familypedia
11 people were born in 1446
6 children were born to the 6 women born in 1446
15 people died in 1446
945 people lived in 1446
Events of the year 1446 at Familypedia
16 people were married in 1446.
There were 0 military battles in 1446.