1448

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1445 1446 1447 – 1448 – 1449 1450 1451

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  June 20: Karl Knuttson is elected by nobles to be King of Sweden.

1448 (MCDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1448th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 448th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1448, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events of 1448

• January 5/ 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.
• 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.
• September 28 – Christian of Oldenburg, betrothed to Queen Dowager Dorothea of Brandenburg, becomes King Christian I of Denmark.
• October 17 – Battle of Kosovo – Hungarian forces under John Hunyadi are defeated by the Turks due to the treachery of Prince Dan of Wallachia and George Brankovic of Serbia.
• Queens' College, Cambridge founded by Margaret of Anjou.
• Vatican Library founded by Pope Nicholas V.
• Vlad III the Impaler becomes reigning Prince of Wallachia for two months before being deposed by Vladislav II.
• After a long episode of drought, flood, locust infestation, and famine in Ming Dynasty China since the year 1434, these natural afflicitions finally wane and agriculture and commerce return to a state of normalcy.

Births

• November 4 – King Alphonso II of Naples (died 1495)
• date unknown
  • Baeda Maryam of Ethiopia (died 1478)
  • Nicholas I, Duke of Lorraine (died 1473)

Deaths

• January 6 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (born 1418)
• September 23 – Adolph I, Duke of Cleves (born 1373)
• October 31 – John VIII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (born 1390)
• date unknown – Zhu Quan, Prince of Ning, Chinese general (born 1391)