1449

1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1449th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 449th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 15th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1449, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1446 1447 1448 – 1449 – 1450 1451 1452

1449 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1449 MCDXLIX
Ab urbe condita	2202
Armenian calendar	898 ԹՎ ՊՂԸ
Assyrian calendar	6199
Balinese saka calendar	1370–1371
Bengali calendar	856
Berber calendar	2399
English Regnal year	27 Hen. 6 – 28 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1993
Burmese calendar	811
Byzantine calendar	6957–6958
Chinese calendar	戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4145 or 4085     — to — 己巳年 (Earth Snake) 4146 or 4086
Coptic calendar	1165–1166
Discordian calendar	2615
Ethiopian calendar	1441–1442
Hebrew calendar	5209–5210
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1505–1506
- Shaka Samvat	1370–1371
- Kali Yuga	4549–4550
Holocene calendar	11449
Igbo calendar	449–450
Iranian calendar	827–828
Islamic calendar	852–853
Japanese calendar	Bun'an 6 / Hōtoku 1 (宝徳元年)
Javanese calendar	1364–1365
Julian calendar	1449 MCDXLIX
Korean calendar	3782
Minguo calendar	463 before ROC 民前463年
Nanakshahi calendar	−19
Thai solar calendar	1991–1992
Tibetan calendar	阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1575 or 1194 or 422     — to — 阴土蛇年 (female Earth-Snake) 1576 or 1195 or 423

Events

• January 6 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor, at Mistra. He was the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome.
• April 7 – The last Antipope, Felix V abdicates.
• April 19 – Pope Nicholas V elected by the Council of Basel
• April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
• August 13 – Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes the Lichtenau fortress from Nuremberg in the First Margrave War.
• September 8 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – the Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming Dynasty army and capture the Zhengtong Emperor of China; the latter is officially deposed while his brother ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year in 1450.
• October 29 – French recapture Rouen from the English

Births

• January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (died 1492)
• October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1478)
• date unknown – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (died 1494)
• probable – Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (died 1490)

Deaths

• May 20 – Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (born 1392)
• October 27 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (born 1394)
• date unknown
  • Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (born 1443)
  • Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles