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What Happened In History Year 1444

Historical Events for the Year 1444

  • 2nd March » Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian people known as Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.
  • 29th June » Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Battle of Torvioll or Torvioll.
  • 10th November » Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland named Vladislaus III of Varna (aka 'Ulaszlo I of Hungary' and 'Wladyslaw III of Poland') are crushed by the Ottoman Empire called Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.

Famous Birthdays in 1444

  • 24th January » Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (d. 1476)
  • 14th June » Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)

Famous Deaths in History for 1444

  • 26th April » Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
  • 20th May » Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
  • 27th May » John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1404)
  • 10th November » Władysław III of Poland (b. 1424)

Historical events for the year 1444 by month