1443
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1440 1441 1442 – 1443 – 1444 1445 1446 |
Events
- July 22 – Zürich is defeated in the Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl.
Births
- January 27 – Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500)
- February 23 – Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490)
- May 17 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of King Edward IV of England and King Richard III of England (died 1460)
- May 31 – Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (died 1509)
- December 5 – Pope Julius II (died 1513)
- Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist (died 1485)
- John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English leader (died 1513)
- Piero del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (died 1496)
- Philip II, Duke of Savoy (died 1497)
- Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and rebel (died 1492)
- Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (died 1449)