| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | |
| Decades: | |
| Years: |
|
| Gregorian calendar | 1447 MCDXLVII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2200 |
| Armenian calendar | 896 ԹՎ ՊՂԶ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6197 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1368–1369 |
| Bengali calendar | 854 |
| Berber calendar | 2397 |
| English Regnal year | 25 Hen. 6 – 26 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1991 |
| Burmese calendar | 809 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6955–6956 |
| Chinese calendar | 丙寅年 (Fire Tiger) 4143 or 4083 — to — 丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4144 or 4084 |
| Coptic calendar | 1163–1164 |
| Discordian calendar | 2613 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1439–1440 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5207–5208 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1503–1504 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1368–1369 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4547–4548 |
| Holocene calendar | 11447 |
| Igbo calendar | 447–448 |
| Iranian calendar | 825–826 |
| Islamic calendar | 850–851 |
| Japanese calendar | Bun'an 4 (文安４年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1362–1363 |
| Julian calendar | 1447 MCDXLVII |
| Korean calendar | 3780 |
| Minguo calendar | 465 before ROC 民前465年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −21 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1989–1990 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳火虎年 (male Fire-Tiger) 1573 or 1192 or 420 — to — 阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1574 or 1193 or 421 |
Year 1447 (MCDXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- March 6 – Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV, to become the 208th pope.
- March 16 – A major fire destroys the centre of Valencia.
- July 15 – The Spanish Inquisition is revived.
- December
- Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, and his eldest son Mircea are assassinated. Vladislav II succeeds him, with the assistance of John Hunyadi.
- The Albanian–Venetian War of 1447–48 begins.
Date unknown
- Roman II seizes the throne of Moldavia after killing his uncle, Stephen II, and will have his other uncle, Petru as co-ruler.
- The Siege of Soest occurs, in the course of the Soest Feud.
- According to Ryū's own sources, Iizasa Ienao founds Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū, the earliest historically verifiable Japanese koryū martial art, that is still extant in modern times.
Births
- February 1 – Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (d. 1504)
- February 4 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet (d. 1500)
- June 27 – Jean IV de Rieux, Breton noble and Marshal (d. 1518)
- September 10 – Paolo da San Leocadio, Italian painter in Spain (d. 1520)
- October 30 – Lucas Watzenrode, Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. 1512)
- December 3 – Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1512)
- December 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (d. 1487)
- December 15 – Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (d. 1508)
- date unknown
- Piero Capponi, Italian soldier and statesman (d. 1496)
- Philippe de Commines, Flemish historian (d. 1511)
- Catherine of Genoa, Catholic mystic (d. 1510)
- probable
- Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Italian sculptor (d. 1522)
Deaths
- February 23
- Pope Eugene IV (b. 1383)
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1390)
- March 13 – Shahrukh Mirza, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)
- April 11 – Henry Beaufort, Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1377)
- August 5 – John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (b. 1395)
- August 13 – Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (b. 1392)
- November 17 – Euphemia of Münsterberg, German sovereign (b. 1385)[1]
- December – Vlad II Dracul, Prince of Wallachia, and his son Mircea II[2]
- unknown
References
- ^ "Oettingen 1". genealogy.euweb.cz. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
- ^ Dracula : essays on the life and times of Vlad Țepeș. Treptow, Kurt W. [Boulder, Colo.]: East European Monographs. 1991. ISBN 0-88033-220-4. OCLC 24689405.
K. F. (2007). 'Albert IV "The Wise" von Bayern-München'. Retrieved from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22999777/albrecht_iv-von_bayern_m_nchen
New Advent. (2020). 'Pope Nicholas V'. Retrieved from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11058a.htm