1442
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Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s |
Years: | 1439 1440 1441 - 1442 - 1443 1444 1445 |
1442 in topic: |
Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
Art - Literature - Music - Science |
Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
Births - Deaths - Works |
Year 1442 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1442
- June 12 - Alfonso of Aragon is crowned at Naples.
- The community of Rauma, Finland is granted its town rights.
- Vlad II Dracul is temporarily replaced as ruler of Wallachia by his son Mircea.
- A fourth tower is added to Liverpool Castle.
- Battle of Sibiu: John Huniady defeats an Ottoman army of 80,000 strong, led by Mezid the Bey of Vidin, near Sibiu.
Gregorian calendar | 1442 MCDXLII |
Ab urbe condita | 2195 |
Armenian calendar | 891 ԹՎ ՊՂԱ |
Bahá'í calendar | -402 – -401 |
Berber calendar | 2392 |
Buddhist calendar | 1986 |
Burmese calendar | 804 |
Byzantine calendar | 6950 – 6951 |
Chinese calendar | 辛酉年閏十一月十九日 (4078/4138-intercalary 11-19) — to —
壬戌年十一月三十日(4079/4139-11-30) |
Coptic calendar | 1158 – 1159 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1434 – 1435 |
Hebrew calendar | 5202 – 5203 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1497 – 1498 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1364 – 1365 |
- Kali Yuga | 4543 – 4544 |
Holocene calendar | 11442 |
Iranian calendar | 820 – 821 |
Islamic calendar | 845 – 846 |
Japanese calendar | Kakitsu 2 (嘉吉2年) |
Korean calendar | 3775 |
Thai solar calendar | 1985 |
[edit] Births
- April 28 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
- July 3 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
- September 27 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)
- date unknown
- Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian archbishop (d. 1521)
- Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Pope Alexander VI
- probable - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (d. 1483)
[edit] Deaths
- August 29 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
- October 18 - Infante João of Portugal (b. 1400)
- December 18 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
- December 26 - Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (b. 1383)
- date unknown
- Al-Maqrizi, Arab historian
- Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat