Editing 1447

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{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1447''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDXLVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Pope Nicholas V]] succeeds [[Pope Eugene IV]], to become the 208th [[pope]].<ref>{{cite book|first=J. E.|last=Darras|title=A General History of the Catholic Church: from the commencement of the Christian era until the present time ...|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mnR-Zq6Q4xIC&pg=PA573|year=1865|publisher=O. Shea|pages=573}}</ref>
* [[March 16]] &ndash; A major fire destroys the centre of [[Valencia]].
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Roman II of Moldavia|Roman II]] seizes the throne of [[Moldavia]] after killing his uncle, [[Stephen II of Moldavia|Stephen II]], and will have his other uncle, [[Petru III of Moldavia|Petru]] as co-ruler.
* [[December]]
**[[Vlad II Dracul]], ruler of [[Wallachia]], and his eldest son [[Mircea II of Wallachia|Mircea]] are assassinated. [[Vladislav II of Wallachia|Vladislav II]] succeeds him, with the assistance of [[John Hunyadi]].
**The [[Albanian–Venetian War]] of 1447–48 begins.

=== Date unknown ===
* The Siege of [[Soest, Germany]], occurs, in the course of the [[Soest Feud]].
* [[Tashi Lhunpo Monastery]] is founded by the [[1st Dalai Lama]] at its original location in [[Shigatse]], Tibet.<ref>''Chö Yang: The Voice of Tibetan Religion and Culture''. (1991) Year of Tibet Edition, p. 79. Gangchen Kyishong, Dharmasala, H.P., India.</ref>
* [[Iizasa Ienao]] founds [[Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū]], the earliest historically verifiable [[Japan]]ese ''[[koryū]]'' [[martial art]], that will still be extant in modern times.<ref>According to [[Ryū (school)|''Ryū'']]'s own sources.</ref></onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[February 1]] &ndash; [[Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg]] (d. [[1504]])
* [[February 4]] &ndash; [[Lodovico Lazzarelli]], Italian poet (d. [[1500]])
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Catherine of Genoa]], Italian author and nurse (d. [[1510]])
* [[April 17]] &ndash; [[Baptista Mantuanus]], poet and carmelite (d. [[1516]])
* [[June 27]] &ndash; [[Jean IV de Rieux]], Breton noble and Marshal (d. [[1518]])
* [[July 5]] &ndash; [[Costanzo I Sforza]], Italian noble (d. [[1483]])
* [[September 10]] &ndash; [[Paolo da San Leocadio]], Italian painter in Spain (d. [[1520]])
* [[October 30]] &ndash; [[Lucas Watzenrode]], Prince-Bishop of Warmia (d. [[1512]])
* [[December 3]] &ndash; [[Bayezid II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (d. [[1512]])
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Chenghua Emperor]] of China (d. [[1487]])
* [[December 15]] &ndash; [[Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria]] (d. [[1508]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Piero Capponi]], Italian soldier and statesman (d. [[1496]])
** [[Philippe de Commines]], Flemish historian (d. [[1511]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Michel de Montaigne|title=Selections from Montaigne|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G8UUAAAAMAAJ|year=1914|publisher=D.C. Heath & Company|page=215}}</ref>
** [[Catherine of Genoa]], Catholic mystic (d. [[1510]])
* ''probable'' 
** [[Giovanni Antonio Amadeo]], Italian sculptor (d. [[1522]])

== Deaths ==
* [[February 23]]
** [[Pope Eugene IV]] (b. [[1383]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Joachim W. Stieber|title=Pope Eugenius IV, the Council of Basel and the Secular and Ecclesiastical Authorities in the Empire: The Conflict Over Supreme Authority and Power in the Church|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5R_2clxgcr4C&pg=PA302|date=1 January 1978|publisher=BRILL|isbn=90-04-05240-2|pages=302}}</ref>
** [[Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester]] (b. [[1390]])
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Colette of Corbie]], French abbess and saint in the Catholic Church (b. [[1381]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Saint Colette {{!}} Biography & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Colette |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=29 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] &ndash; [[Shahrukh Mirza]], ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. [[1377]])
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Robert Long (lawyer and landowner)|Robert Long]], English politician (b. [[1390]])
* [[April 11]] &ndash; [[Henry Beaufort]], Cardinal, Lord Chancellor of [[England]] (b. [[1377]])
* [[April 22]] &ndash; [[Yaqub al-Charkhi]], Sufism (b. [[1359]])
* [[May 1]] &ndash; [[Louis VII, Duke of Bavaria]]-Ingolstadt (b. [[1368]])
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Hein Hoyer]], German politician (b. [[1380]])
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[António Martins de Chaves]], Catholic cardinal (b. [[1390]])
* [[July 9]] &ndash; [[Gruffudd Vychan]], Welsh knight (b. [[1390]])
* [[July 13]] &ndash; [[Stephen II of Moldavia]], Prince of Moldavia (b. [[1410]])
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter]], English nobleman and military commander (b. [[1395]])
* [[August 9]] &ndash; [[Konrad IV the Elder]], Polish priest (b. [[1380]])
* [[August 13]] &ndash; [[Filippo Maria Visconti]], Duke of Milan (b. [[1392]])
* [[October 31]] &ndash; [[Tommaso Bellacci]], Italian Roman Catholic professed member of the Third Order of Saint Francis (b. [[1370]])
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Euphemia of Münsterberg]], German sovereign (b. [[1385]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/oett/oett1.html#F3|title=Oettingen 1|website=genealogy.euweb.cz|access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref>
* [[November 21]] &ndash; [[Biagio Molino]], Roman Catholic patriarch (b. [[1380]])
* December &ndash; [[Vlad II Dracul]], Prince of Wallachia, and his son [[Mircea II of Wallachia|Mircea II]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Dracula : essays on the life and times of Vlad Țepeș|date=1991|publisher=East European Monographs|editor=Treptow, Kurt W.|isbn=0-88033-220-4|location=Boulder, Colo.|oclc=24689405}}</ref>

== References ==
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* New Advent. (2020). 'Pope Nicholas V'. Retrieved from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11058a.htm
* https://www.hisdates.com/years/1447-historical-events.html
* https://www.onthisday.com/date/1447

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