1439
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Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
Decades: | 1400s 1410s 1420s - 1430s - 1440s 1450s 1460s |
Years: | 1436 1437 1438 - 1439 - 1440 1441 1442 |
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Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
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Year 1439 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1439
- May 4 - Battle of Grotnik: The Hussite movement is defeated in Poland.
- June 29 - supposed date of Venerable Macarius' Miracle of the Moose, according to Russian hagiographers.
- September 8 - Cardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi captures Foligno, ending Trinci's signoria.
- November 12 - In England, Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.
- Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. Karl Knutsson Bonde continues to serve as Regent of Sweden.
- Logabirum is mentioned for the first time.
- The Great Ordinance is adopted by the French Estates-General. This measure grants the king the exclusive right to raise troops, and establishes the taxation measure known as the taille in support of a standing army.
Gregorian calendar | 1439 MCDXXXIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2192 |
Armenian calendar | 888 ԹՎ ՊՁԸ |
Bahá'í calendar | -405 – -404 |
Berber calendar | 2389 |
Buddhist calendar | 1983 |
Burmese calendar | 801 |
Chinese calendar | 4075/4135-12-16 (戊午年十二月十六日) — to —
4076/4136-11-26(己未年十一月廿六日) |
Coptic calendar | 1155 – 1156 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1431 – 1432 |
Hebrew calendar | 5199 – 5200 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1494 – 1495 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1361 – 1362 |
- Kali Yuga | 4540 – 4541 |
Holocene calendar | 11439 |
Iranian calendar | 817 – 818 |
Islamic calendar | 842 – 843 |
Japanese calendar | Eikyō 11 (永享11年) |
Korean calendar | 3772 |
Thai solar calendar | 1982 |
[edit] Births
- May 9 - Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
- July 26 - Sigismund of Bavaria (d. 1501)
- Hua Sui, Chinese inventor and printer (d. 1513)
[edit] Deaths
- April 30 - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b.1382)
- May 5 - Spytek z Melsztyna, Polish nobleman (in battle)(b. 1398)
- June 24 - Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
- October 20 - Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
- October 27 - Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
- date unknown - Pietro Loredan, Italian nobleman and admiral