Editing 1448 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; [[Christopher of Bavaria]], [[King of Denmark]], [[King of Norway|Norway]] and [[List of Swedish monarchs|Sweden]], dies with no designated heir, leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. Brothers [[Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna]] and [[Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna]] are selected to serve as co-regents of Sweden.
* [[April 15]] &ndash; [[Queens' College, Cambridge]] is founded by [[Margaret of Anjou]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.queens.cam.ac.uk/conferences/history|title=College History {{!}} Queens' College|website=www.queens.cam.ac.uk|access-date=2020-02-04}}</ref>
* [[June 20]] &ndash; The [[Regent|Regency]] period of [[Sweden]] ends with the election of Karl Knutsson Bonde, as King [[Charles VIII of Sweden]].
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[Charles VIII of Sweden]] is publicly hailed as king at Mora Stones, and is crowned in Uppsala Cathedral the following day.
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Battle of Oranik (1448)|Battle of Oronichea]]: Albania is victorious over [[Venice]].  
* [[September 28]] &ndash; Christian of Oldenburg, betrothed to [[Queen Dowager]] [[Dorothea of Brandenburg]], becomes King [[Christian I of Denmark]].
* [[October 4]] &ndash; Peace between [[Venetian Albania|Albania]] and [[Venice]] is established. 
* [[October 17]] &ndash; [[Battle of Kosovo (1448)|Battle of Kosovo]]: Hungarian forces under [[John Hunyadi]] are defeated by the Turks, due to Ottoman superiority.
* [[October]] – [[November]] &ndash; [[Vlad III the Impaler]] becomes reigning Prince of [[Wallachia]] for two months, before being deposed by [[Vladislav II of Wallachia]].
* [[November]] - In Vietnam, a rebellion led by chieftains in [[Tuyên Quang]] against King [[Lê Nhân Tông]] of the [[Lê dynasty]] was defeated.<ref>[[Ngô Sĩ Liên]] (1993), [[Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư]], page 414-415, Volume XI, "Nhân Tông hoàng đế"</ref>
* [[December 20]] &ndash; Pope Nicholas V appoints [[Rudolf van Diepholt|Rudolf of Diepholt]], Bishop of Utrecht, as cardinal.
* [[December]] &ndash; [[Jonah Metropolitan of Moscow|Jonas]], a Russian bishop, is installed by the Council of Russian Bishops in Moscow, as [[Metropolitan of Kiev and All Rus]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pravenc.ru/text/578250.html|title=ИОНА|access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref> as this is without the consent of the Patriarch of Constantinople, it signifies the beginning of an effectively independent church structure in the [[Grand Duchy of Moscow]].

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* [[Roman II of Moldavia|Roman II]] flees to Poland, when an army sent by [[John Hunyadi]], and led by Csupor de Monoszló, comes to put [[Petru III of Moldavia|Petru]] on the throne of [[Moldavia]]. Petru dies suddenly, and Csupor takes on the throne for two months, as [[Ciubăr Vodă]].
* After a long episode of drought, flood, [[locust]] infestation and famine in [[Ming dynasty]] [[China]] since the year [[1434]], these natural afflictions finally wane, and agriculture and commerce return to a state of normality.
* The [[Vatican Library]] is founded by [[Pope Nicholas V]].</onlyinclude>