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{{C15 year in topic}}Year 1446 (MCDXLVI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

= January–March =

  • January 2 – (5th waxing of Tabodwe 807 ME) At the city of Taungoo in what is now Myanmar, 14-year-old Minkhaung I becomes the new Viceroy of Toungoo, a semi-indpendent vassal state of the Kingdom of Ava, ruled by King Narapati I of Ava. Minkhaung's ascension comes hours after the sudden death of his father, the Viceroy Tarabya. {{cite book |last=Sein Lwin Lay |first=Kahtika U |title=Mintaya Shwe Hti and Bayinnaung: Ketumadi Taungoo Yazawin |language=Burmese |location=Yangon | publisher=Yan Aung Sarpay |orig-year=1968 | year=2006 |pages=31-32 |edition=2nd printing}}
  • January 15 – On his 14th birthday, Afonso V is acclaimed as King of Portugal, with full power to govern the kingdom, although his uncle, Pedro, Duke of Coimbra continues to operateas regent. Afonso had succeded to the throne in 1438 upon the death of his father, King Duarte I.{{cite book |title=A History of Portugal |first=H.V. |last=Livermore |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.152869|publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1947|page=201}}
  • January 24 – The Battle of Arbroath takes place in Scotland as the monks of the Abbey of Arbroath dismiss Alexander Lindsay, son of the Earl of Crawford, from the position of Bailie of the Regality, and replace him with Alexander Ogilvy, Baron of Inverquharity. Lindsay attacks the abbey with fellow members of his own Clan Lindsay and the assistance of Clan Hamilton, while Ogilvy is supported by Clan Oliphant, Clan Seton, Clan Gordon and Clan Forbes. The Earl of Crawford, seeking to avert the battle, rides his horse to the battlefield in hopes of conferring with Ogilvy, but is killed by a member of Ogilvy's infantry. In the battle that follows, Clan Lindsay prevails and Ogilvy is killed.{{cite book |last1=Hay |first1=George |title=History of Arbroath to the Present Time: With Notices of the Civil and Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Neighbouring District |date=1876 |publisher=T. Buncle |location=Arbroath, Scotland |pages=64–68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TS4vAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA67}}
  • February 12 – Vasily II, the Grand Prince of Moscow and ruler of much of Russia, is kidnapped from Trinity Monastery the Kremlin by allies of his cousin, Dmitry Shemyaka. Four days later (February 16), the conspirators tear out the eyes of Grand Prince Vasily and send him into exile at Uglich with his wife.John Abbott, The Empire of Russia: From the Remotest Periods to the Present Time (PitRes, 2018) ISBN:9785041451011John L. Fennell, A History of the Russian Church to 1488 (Taylor & Francis, 2014) ISBN 9781317897194
  • March 6 – The Battle of Ragaz marks the last military conflict of the Old Zurich War between the Swiss Confederacy and the Habsburgs, as 1,200 soldiers of the Confederation defeat the Austrian army, commanded by Hans von Rechberg and Wolfhart V. von Brandis, the Habsburg bailiff of Feldkirch. Among other things, the banners of the lords of Brandis are lost to the confederates and later transferred to the church in Sarnen. According to contemporary accounts, around 900 men from the Habsburg army and around 100 men from the Swiss army fell in the battle.Peter Niederhäuser and Christian Sieber, Ein "Bruderkrieg" macht Geschichte: Neue Zugänge zum Alten Zürichkrieg (A "Brotherly War" Makes History: New Approaches to the Old Zurich War) (Zurich: Chronos Verlag 2006) ISBN 978-3-0340-0755-9
  • March 21 – In the Holy Roman Empire in Germany, the Electors of Cologne, Trier, Mainz, and the Palatinate, along with representatives of the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburg, assemble at Frankfurt-am-Main and create a mutural defense alliance to resist Pope Eugene IV.Joachim W. Stieber, Pope Eugenius IV, the Council of Basel and the Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities in the Empire (Brill, 2022) pp.277-278, 292 ISBN 9789004477346

= April–June =

  • April 7 – In England, Thomas de Ashton and Edmund de Trafford, both knights of Lancashire, are granted special dispensation by King Henry VI to use their research in alchemy to transmute substances into precious metals.{{Cite DNB|wstitle=Ashton, Thomas de (fl.1446)}}
  • April 28 – Queen Soheon of Joseon, Queen consort of King Sejong of Korea, dies 27 years after her husband first assended the throne. King Sejong spends the remaining four years of his life in mourning and becomes a vegetarian.
  • May 2 – (5 Safar 849 AH) Sultan Muhammad of the Timurid Empire in Iran arrives in Isfahan and forces out a disloyal governor, Sa'adat, then declares an amnesty on taxes, stages a feast and celebration, and appoints Shah Ala' al-Din Naqib as the new governor. Beatrice Forbes Manz, Power, Politics and Religion in Timurid Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2007) p.255, ISBN 9781139462846
  • May 24 – In what is now the state of Karnataka in India, Prince Mallikarjuna Raya becomes the new Emperor of Vijayanagara upon the death of his father, Deva Raya II, and takes the name of Emperor Deva Raya III.{{Cite journal |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/44145214|last=Lakshmi|first=Kumari Jhansi|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=1958|volume=21 |pages=290–297 |title=The Chronology of the Sangama Dynasty|jstor=44145214 }}{{cite web | publisher=Kitabistam,Allahabad| title=Full text of "Historical Inscriptions Of Southern India" | website=Internet Archive | date=23 October 2016 | url=https://archive.org/stream/historicalinscri035270mbp/historicalinscri035270mbp_djvu.txt | access-date=27 February 2025}}
  • June 6 – John Hunyadi is proclaimed regent of Hungary during the minority of King Ladislaus the Posthumous, with the title Regni Gubernator. His election is primarily promoted by the lesser nobility, but Hunyadi has by this time become one of the richest barons of the kingdom. His domains cover an area exceeding 800,000 hectares (2,000,000 acres).Mureşanu, Camil (2001). John Hunyadi: Defender of Christendom. The Center for Romanian Studies. ISBN 973-9432-18-2, 127-128. Hunyadi is one of the few contemporaneous barons who has spent a significant part of their revenues to finance the wars against the Ottomans, thus bearing a large share of the cost of fighting for many years.Makkai, László (1994). "The Three Nations of Transylvania (1360–1526)". In Köpeczi, Béla; Barta, Gábor; Bóna, István; Makkai, László; Szász, Zoltán; Borus, Judit (eds.). History of Transylvania. Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 178–243. ISBN 963-05-6703-2.
  • June 8 – After a siege of seven months, Baghdad is captured by the Sultan Jahan Shah of Qara Qoyunlu, whose forces move into what is now Iraq.{{cite journal |last=Minorsky |first=V. |date=1954 |title=Jihān-Shāh Qara-Qoyunlu and His Poetry (Turkmenica, 9) |jstor=609169 |journal=Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=275 |doi=10.1017/s0041977x00105981|s2cid=154352923}}
  • June 12 – An armistice between Duchy of Austria and the Swiss Confederation comes into force, ending the Old Zurich War.
  • June 21 – Lidköping gets its charter, and thus qualifies as one of the now defunct Cities of Sweden.
  • June 26 – Gilles de Bretagne, the brother of Francois I, Duke of Brittany, is arrested after allowing agents of King Charles VII of France to enter his home, Château du Guildo. He is eventually murdered while in custody at La Harduinaie.Lauren Johnson, The Shadow King: The Life and Death of Henry VI (Pegasus Books, 2019) ISBN 9781643131658

= July–September =

  • July 28 – The compilation of the Alfonsine Ordinances, the first codification of the laws of the Kingdom of Portugal, is completed by Rui Fernandes of Almada and given to Dom Pedro de Coimbra, the regent for King Afonso V.{{Cite book |last=Herzog |first=Benjamin |title=Anwendung und Auslegung von Recht in Portugal und Brasilien |publisher=Mohr Siebeck |year=2014 |page=257 |series=Rechtsvergleichung und Rechtsvereinheitlichung |volume=26 |language=de |trans-title=Application and Interpretation of the Law in Portugal and Brazil. A Comparative Legal Examination from a Genetic, Functional and Post-modern Perspective |doi=10.1628/978-3-16-160932-9|isbn=978-3-16-160932-9 }}
  • August 24 – After many years of fruitless negotiations between Christopher of Bavaria and Eric of Pomerania, a Swedish war march to Gotland is launched in the early summer of 1446. King Christopher comes with a force to the island and on an open field in Västergarn with crossbowmen at gunpoint behind each monarch's back; regular peace negotiations take place.{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15392|title=Erik av Pommern|publisher=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon|access-date=1 June 2018}}
  • August – Christopher of Bavaria undertakes a fruitless military campaign against Gotland to end Eric of Pomerania's piracy.http://www.guteinfo.com/?id=2811, read on 2023-06-26 (Swedish)[https://runeberg.org/nfbp/0215.html] on 2023-06-26 (Swedish)
  • September 27 – Battle of Otonetë: Skanderbeg defeats the Ottomans.{{cite book|title=Albanische Forschungen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lppAAAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=O. Harrassowitz|isbn=978-3-87828-106-1|page=110|language=de}}Francione, Gennaro (2006) [2003]. Aliaj, Donika (ed.). Skënderbeu, një hero modern : (Hero multimedial) [Skanderbeg, a modern hero (Hero multimedia)] (in Albanian). Translated by Tasim Aliaj. Tiranë, Albania: Shtëpia botuese "Naim Frashëri". ISBN 99927-38-75-8.

= October–December =

  • October 5 – The compromise proposed by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III with Pope Eugene IV is publicly endorsed by the Elector of Mainz, the Elector of Brandenburg, the Margrave of Ansbach, the Margrave Jakob I of Baden, the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order, the Archbishop of Salzburg, the and the Bishops of Augsburg, Chiemsee, Bamberg, Passau, Constanz and Chur.
  • October 9 – The hangul alphabet is proclaimed in Korea, by King Sejong the Great. The Hunmin Jeongeum, published during the year, is considered the start of this brand new scientific writing system.[https://www.nytimes.com/1971/10/10/archives/abc-isnt-simple-as-abc-in-korea-alphabet-on-525th-birthday-both.html "A.B.C. Isn't Simple as A.B.C. in Korea— Alphabet on 525th Birthday, Both Hailed and Assailed"], The New York Times, October 10, 1971, p. 8"Writing systems", by Richard Sproat, in The Oxford History of Phonology (Oxford University Press, 2022) ISBN 9780192516909,
  • October 10 – An earthquake occurs in Moscow but causes little damage Jan Kozák and Roger M. W. Musson, The Illustrated History of the Elements: Earth, Water, Air, Fire (Springer International, 2020) p.13
  • October 11 – In what is now the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Mahmud Khalji, Sultan of Malwa attempts to cross the Banas River to invade Mandalgarh in what is now the state of Rajasthan, but he and his armies are driven back by the forces of the Rana Kumbhakaran Singh, ruler of the Kingdom of Mewar.R. V. Somani, Maharana Kumbha and His Times (Jaipur Publishing House, 1995) p.85.
  • October – Murad II, who recently became the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire after his son Mehmed II was forced by the Janissaries to abdicate, Erhan Afyoncu, (2009), Truvanın İntikamı (ISBN 978-605-4052-11-0), p. 2, (In Turkish), invades Attica, forcing Constantine XI to return Thebes to the duchy of Athens,Nicol, Donald M. (1992). The Immortal Emperor: The Life and Legend of Constantine Palaiologos, Last Emperor of the Romans. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-58369-8. and remove the tribute imposed in 1444. Murad II imposes his own tribute.
  • November 13 – In Italy, Sante Bentivoglio, who had recently been "working in the wool industry in Florence under another name" Commentary by Quentin Skinner and Russell Price to The Prince, by Niccolo Mahiavelli (Cambridge University Press, 2019) p.119 until he was disovered to have been the illegitimate son of Eccole Bentivoglio p.119 becomes the ruler of Bologna at age 20 when he is named as guardian of the young child of the recently-assassinated Annibale I Bentivoglio"Libertas, Oligarchy, Papcy: Government in the Quattrocento", by Tommaso Duranti, in A Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Bologna, ed. by Sarah R. Blanshei (Brill, 2017) p.273
  • December 10 – After hesitating for several weeks, Sultan Murad II, of the Ottoman Empire, destroys the Hexamilion wall, in an assault that includes cannons. Murad and the Ottoman governor of Thessaly, Turakhan Beg, ravage the Peloponnese Peninsula at will, with the Sultan devastating the northern shore, while Glarentza and Turakhan raid in the interior. The Despotate of the Morea is turned into an Ottoman vassal state.{{citation |title=The Papacy and the Levant (1204–1571), Volume II: The Fifteenth Century |last=Setton |first=Kenneth M. |year=1978 |publisher=DIANE Publishing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Sz2VYI0l1IC |isbn=0-87169-127-2 | pages = 96–97}}
  • December 14 – King Henry VI summons the English Parliament to assemble at Cambridge on February 10.David Grummitt, Henry VI (Routledge, 2015) ISBN 9781317482598
  • December 23 – On their way back to England after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, the 37 pilgrims on the ship Cog Anne are killed when the vessel strikes a rock near the port of Modon in Greece.Ian Friel, Britain and the Ocean Road: Shipwrecks & People, 1297–1825 (Pen & Sword Books, 2020) p.17 ISBN 9781526738394
  • December 24 – Edmund Beaufort, Marquess of Dorset, is appointed as last Governor of English-occupied France.William E. Baumgaertner, A Time-Line of Fifteenth Century England - 1398 to 1509 (Trafford Publishing, 2009) ISBN 9781426906381

= Date unknown =

  • Nuno Tristão is killed by natives on the coast of Senegal.Gomes Eanes de Zurara (1453) Crónica dos feitos notáveis que se passaram na Conquista da Guiné por mandado do Infante D. Henrique or Chronica do descobrimento e conquista da Guiné. [Trans. 1896–99 by C.R. Beazley and E. Prestage, The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea, London: Halykut]
  • Portuguese navigator Álvaro Fernandes reaches the mouth of the Casamance River in Senegal.Teixeira da Mota, Avelino (1946) "A descoberta da Guiné", Boletim cultural da Guiné Portuguesa, Vol. 1. Part 1 in No. 1 (Jan), p. 11-68, Pt. 2 in No. 2 (Apr), p. 273-326; Pt. 3 in No. 3 (Jul), p. 457-509.
  • The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully reconstructed.Needham, Joseph (1986). Science and Civilization in China: Volume 4, Part 3. Taipei: Caves Books, Ltd, 174.
  • 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.Block, Wolfgang (1913). Die condottieri. Berlin.
  • The Blarney Stone is set into a tower of Blarney Castle in Blarney, County Cork in Ireland.Samuel, Mark; Hamlyn, Kate (2007). Blarney Castle: Its History, Development and Purpose. Cork University. ISBN 978-1-85918-411-0.

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