1446

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Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  - 1440s -  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1443 1444 1445 - 1446 - 1447 1448 1449

1446 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1446
Ab urbe condita	2199
Chinese calendar	4082 – 4083
Hebrew calendar	5205 – 5206
Hindu calendars – Vikram Samvat – Shaka Samvat – Kali Yuga	1501 – 1502 1368 – 1369 4547 – 4548
Iranian calendar	824 – 825
Islamic calendar	866 – 867
Runic calendar	1696

Year 1446 was a common year. It started on a Saturday.

[change] Events of 1446

• Portuguese navigator, Álvaro Fernandes, reaches the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.
• The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully rebuilt.
• The troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Vermebesiege Cremona, Italy.
• The Hunmin Jeongeumis published in Korea, starting the Hangul alphabet.
• Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, abdicates. His father, Murad II becomes Sultan.
• December 10 - Murad II destroys the Hexamillion wall, opening the Morea to Ottoman invasion.

[change] Births

• May 3 - Margaret of Burgundy, wife of Charles I, Duke of Burgundy (died 1503)
• Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (died 1508)
• Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (probable) (died 1506)
• William Grocyn, English scholar (probable) (died 1519)
• Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (probable) (died 1524)

[change] 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
• Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (born 1378)