1448

1448 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1448; MCDXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	2201
Armenian calendar	897; ԹՎ ՊՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	6198
Balinese saka calendar	1369–1370
Bengali calendar	855
Berber calendar	2398
English Regnal year	26 Hen. 6 – 27 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1992
Burmese calendar	810
Byzantine calendar	6956–6957
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit); 4145 or 3938; — to —; 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon); 4146 or 3939
Coptic calendar	1164–1165
Discordian calendar	2614
Ethiopian calendar	1440–1441
Hebrew calendar	5208–5209
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1504–1505
- Shaka Samvat	1369–1370
- Kali Yuga	4548–4549
Holocene calendar	11448
Igbo calendar	448–449
Iranian calendar	826–827
Islamic calendar	851–852
Japanese calendar	Bun'an 5; (文安５年)
Javanese calendar	1363–1364
Julian calendar	1448; MCDXLVIII
Korean calendar	3781
Minguo calendar	464 before ROC; 民前464年
Nanakshahi calendar	−20
Thai solar calendar	1990–1991
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年; (female Fire-Rabbit); 1574 or 1193 or 421; — to —; 阳土龙年; (male Earth-Dragon); 1575 or 1194 or 422

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century; 15th century ; 16th century;
Decades:	1420s; 1430s; 1440s ; 1450s; 1460s;
Years:	1445; 1446; 1447; 1448 ; 1449; 1450; 1451;

Year 1448 (MCDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

January 6 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, dies with no designated heir, leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. Brothers Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna and Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna are selected to serve as co-regents of Sweden.
April 15 – Queens' College, Cambridge is founded by Margaret of Anjou.^[1]
June 20 – The Regency period of Sweden ends with the election of Karl Knutsson Bonde, as King Charles VIII of Sweden.
June 28 – Charles VIII of Sweden is publicly hailed as king at Mora Stones, and is crowned in Uppsala Cathedral the following day.
August 14 – Battle of Oronichea: Albania is victorious over Venice.
September 28 – Christian of Oldenburg, betrothed to Queen Dowager Dorothea of Brandenburg, becomes King Christian I of Denmark.
October 4 – Peace between Albania and Venice is established.
October 17 – Battle of Kosovo: Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi are defeated by the Turks, due to Ottoman superiority.
October – November – Vlad III the Impaler becomes reigning Prince of Wallachia for two months, before being deposed by Vladislav II of Wallachia.
December 20 – Pope Nicholas V appoints Rudolf of Diepholt, Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal.
December – Jonas, a Russian bishop, is installed by the Council of Russian Bishops in Moscow, as Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus;^[2] as this is without the consent of the Patriarch of Constantinople, it signifies the beginning of an effectively independent church structure in the Grand Duchy of Moscow.

Date unknown

Roman II flees to Poland, when an army sent by John Hunyadi, and led by Csupor de Monoszló, comes to put Petru on the throne of Moldavia. Petru dies suddenly, and Csupor takes on the throne for two months, as Ciubăr Vodă.
After a long episode of drought, flood, locust infestation and famine in Ming dynasty China since the year 1434, these natural afflictions finally wane, and agriculture and commerce return to a state of normality.
The Vatican Library is founded by Pope Nicholas V.

Births

February 14 – Nannina de' Medici, Florentine member of the de' Medici family (d. 1493)
March 20 – Marie of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol, Luxembourgian noble (d. 1475)
July 14 – Philip, Elector Palatine (d. 1508)
September 7 – Henry, Count of Württemberg-Montbéliard (1473–1482) (d. 1519)
October 31 – Władysław II of Płock, Polish noble (d. 1462)
November 4 – King Alphonso II of Naples (d. 1495)
December 12 – John Talbot, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury, English Earl (d. 1473)
date unknown
- Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (d. 1478)
- Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (d. 1473)
- Suor Barbara Ragnoni, Italian painter (d. 1533)

Deaths

January 6 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (b. 1418)
June 18 – Elizabeth de Beauchamp, Baroness Bergavenny, English baroness (b. 1415)
September 23 – Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (b. 1373)
October – Carlo II Tocco, ruler of Epirus
October 12 – Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning, Chinese military commander, historian and playwright (b. 1378)
October 31 – John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1390)
date unknown
- Petru III of Moldavia

References

^ "College History | Queens' College". www.queens.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
^ "ИОНА". Retrieved March 5, 2015.

[1] "College History | Queens' College". www.queens.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved February 4, 2020.

[2] "ИОНА". Retrieved March 5, 2015.

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Gregorian calendar	1448 MCDXLVIII
Ab urbe condita	2201
Armenian calendar	897 ԹՎ ՊՂԷ
Assyrian calendar	6198
Balinese saka calendar	1369–1370
Bengali calendar	855
Berber calendar	2398
English Regnal year	26 Hen. 6 – 27 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1992
Burmese calendar	810
Byzantine calendar	6956–6957
Chinese calendar	丁卯年 (Fire Rabbit) 4145 or 3938 — to — 戊辰年 (Earth Dragon) 4146 or 3939
Coptic calendar	1164–1165
Discordian calendar	2614
Ethiopian calendar	1440–1441
Hebrew calendar	5208–5209
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1504–1505
- Shaka Samvat	1369–1370
- Kali Yuga	4548–4549
Holocene calendar	11448
Igbo calendar	448–449
Iranian calendar	826–827
Islamic calendar	851–852
Japanese calendar	Bun'an 5 (文安５年)
Javanese calendar	1363–1364
Julian calendar	1448 MCDXLVIII
Korean calendar	3781
Minguo calendar	464 before ROC 民前464年
Nanakshahi calendar	−20
Thai solar calendar	1990–1991
Tibetan calendar	阴火兔年 (female Fire-Rabbit) 1574 or 1193 or 421 — to — 阳土龙年 (male Earth-Dragon) 1575 or 1194 or 422