1442
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Years: 1439 1440 1441 - 1442 - 1443 1444 1445 |
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Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s |
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Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
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Events
- The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights.
- Vlad II Dracul is replaced as ruler of Wallachia by Mircea.
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Births
- April 28 - King Edward IV of England (died 1483)
- July 3 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (died 1500)
- Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian archbishop (died 1521)
- Vannozza dei Cattani, mistress of Pope Alexander VI
- Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (died 1483)
- John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (died 1491)
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Deaths
- August 29 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (born 1389)
- December 18 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
- Al-Makrizi, Arab historian
- Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat