1439

Year 1439 (MCDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1439 (MCDXXXIX)

The year 1439 (MCDXXXIX) was a common year that began on Thursday in the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

  • May 4 – The Battle of Grotnik: The royal army led by Władysław III defeats the Hussite movement in Poland.
  • June 29 – The Date of Venerable Macarius’ Miracle of the Moose is recorded by Russian hagiographers.
  • July 6 – Pope Eugene IV issues the Bull of Union with the Greeks, declaring the end of the East–West Schism, although it is soon rejected by most Eastern bishops.
  • September 8 – Cardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi captures Foligno, marking the end of the Trinci’s signoria.
  • September 29 or October 1 – Eric of Pomerania, the King of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, is declared deposed in Sweden, while Karl Knutsson Bonde continues as Regent of Sweden.
  • November 12 – In England, Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

Date unknown

  • Johannes Gutenberg begins developing printing with movable type in Mainz around this year.
  • The Great Ordinance is adopted by the French Estates-General, granting the king exclusive rights to raise troops and establishing the taxation measure known as the taille to support a standing army.
  • The Council of Florence is relocated to Florence.
  • At the Portuguese Cortes, Peter, Duke of Coimbra is designated as Regent of the Kingdom.

Births

  • March 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (d. 1491)
  • April 3 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (d. 1457)
  • May 29 – Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
  • July 18 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, German duke (d. 1507)
  • July 26 – Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, member of the Wittelsbach dynasty (d. 1501)
  • August 10 – Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter and York, second child of Richard Plantagenet (d. 1476)
  • date unknown – Hua Sui, Chinese inventor and printer (d. 1513)

Deaths

  • April 30 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
  • June 24 – Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
  • September 12 – Sidi El Houari, Algerian imam (b. 1350)
  • October 20 – Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
  • October 27 – Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
  • December 30 – Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)

References

Information compiled from various historical texts and records.