1446

1446 (MCDXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1446th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 446th year of the 2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1446, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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.

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)

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)