Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades: 1390s 1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s 1480s 1490s
Years: 1439 1440 1441 1442 1443 - 1444 - 1445 1446 1447 1448 1449
Events
- April 16 - Truce of Tours. Five Year Truce between England and France
- August 24 - Battle of St. Jakob. 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 Roman 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.
- Forces of the Sultan of Egypt fail to take Rhodes from the Knights of Rhodes
Births
Deaths
May 27 - John Beaufort, Duke of Somerset
