Year 1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events January–December January 6 – Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mistra; he will be the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome. February – Alexăndrel seizes the throne of Moldavia, with the support of the boyars. March 24 – Hundred Years' War: English forces capture Fougères in Brittany. April 7 – The last Antipope, Felix V, abdicates. April 19 – Pope Nicholas V is elected by the Council of Basel. April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself. May – An English privateering fleet led by Robert Wennington challenges ships of the Hanseatic League. May 14 – Second Siege of Sfetigrad (1449): The Albanian garrison surrenders and the Ottomans seize the fortress. May 20 – Battle of Alfarrobeira: King Afonso V of Portugal defeats the forces of Peter, Duke of Coimbra. July – Hundred Years' War: The French invade Normandy. August 13 – First Margrave War: Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg. September 1 – Battle of Tumu Fortress: The Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming dynasty army, and capture the Zhengtong Emperor of China; the latter is officially deposed, while his brother ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year. October – Bogdan II of Moldavia enters the country with troops from John Hunyadi, and takes the throne after Alexăndrel flees. October 29 – The French recapture Rouen from the English. Births January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (d. 1492) January 17 – Osanna of Mantua, Italian Dominican tertiary (d. 1505) February 7 – Adriana of Nassau-Siegen, consort of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg (d. 1477) April 27 – Asakura Ujikage, 8th head of the Asakura clan of Japan (d. 1486) August 10 – Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy (d. 1503) September 20 – Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble (d. 1500) October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1478) November 11 – Catherine of Poděbrady, Hungarian Queen (d. 1464) November 14 – Sidonie of Poděbrady, Bohemian princess, duchess consort of Saxony (d. 1510) December 6 – Dorotea Gonzaga, Italian noble (d. 1467) date unknown Aldus Manutius, Italian printer Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus