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Year 1446 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1446

Sultan Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire is forced to abdicate in favor of his father Murad II by the Janissaries.
October - Murad II invades Attica, forcing Constantine XI to return Thebes to the duchy of Athens and remove the tribute imposed in 1444. Murad II imposes his own tribute.
October 9 - The hangul alphabet is created in Korea by King Sejong the Great of Joseon. The Hunmin Jeongeum published during the year is considered the start of this brand new scientific writing system.
December 10 - Murad II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire, destroys the Hexamillion wall in an assault that includes cannons. This renders the Morea open to Ottoman invasion.
Portuguese navigator Álvaro Fernandes reaches the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.
The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully reconstructed.
In Italy, the siege of Cremona by the condottieri troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Verme is raised after the arrival of Scaramuccia da Forlì.
The Blarney Stone stone is set into a tower of Blarney Castle in Blarney, County Cork in Ireland.

Births

May 3 - Margaret of York, wife of Charles the Bold (d. 1503)

date unknown - Edmund de Ros, 11th Baron de Ros, English politician (d. 1508)

probable

Alexander Agricola, Flemish composer (d. 1506)
William Grocyn, English scholar (d. 1519)
Pietro Perugino, Italian painter (d. 1524)

Deaths

April 15 - Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (b. 1377)

May 9 - Mary of Enghien, Queen of Naples (b. 1367)

May 24 - Ambroise de Loré, Baron of Ivry (b. 1396)

December 28 - Antipope Clement VIII

date unknown - Vittorino da Feltre, Italian humanist (b. 1378)

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