1447

Years: 1444 1445 1446 - 1447 - 1448 1449 1450

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• March 6 - Nicholas V becomes Pope.
• Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia and his eldest son Mircea are assassinated. Vladislav II succeeds him with the assistance of John Hunyadi.
• Izasa Ienao founds Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu, the earliest historically verifiable Japanese Koryu martial art that is still extant today.

Births

• December 9 - Chenghua Emperor of China (died 1487)
• Beyazid II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1512)
• Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and statesman (died 1496)
• Philippe de Commines, Flemish historian (died 1511)

Deaths

• February 23 - Pope Eugenius IV (born 1383)
• February 23 - Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)
• March 12 - Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (born 1377)
• April 11 - Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377)
• John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)
• Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (born 1392)
• Vlad II Dracul, Prince of Wallachia