Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  - 1440s -  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1439 1440 1441 - 1442 - 1443 1444 1445

1442 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

Year 1442 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1442

• June 12 - Alfonso of Aragon is crowned at Naples.
• The community of Rauma, Finland is granted its town rights.
• Vlad II Dracul is temporarily replaced as ruler of Wallachia by his son Mircea.
• A fourth tower is added to Liverpool Castle.
• Battle of Sibiu: John Huniady defeats an Ottoman army of 80,000 strong, led by Mezid the Bey of Vidin, near Sibiu.

Births

• April 28 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)
• July 3 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
• September 27 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)
• date unknown
  • Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian archbishop (d. 1521)
  • Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Pope Alexander VI
• probable - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (d. 1483)

Deaths

• August 29 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
• October 18 - Infante João of Portugal (b. 1400)
• December 18 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)
• December 26 - Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (b. 1383)
• date unknown
  • Al-Maqrizi, Arab historian
  • Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat