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Year 1439 (MCDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • 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.
  • September 29 or October 1 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway is declared deposed in Sweden. Karl Knutsson Bonde continues to serve as Regent of Sweden.
  • November 12 – In England, Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

    • Date unknown

  • Johannes Gutenberg develops printing with movable type at Mainz at about this date.
  • 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.
  • Council of Florence is moved to Florence.
  • At the Portuguese Cortes, Peter, Duke of Coimbra is appointed Regent of the Kingdom.

    • Births

  • March 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of Shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (d. 1491)
  • April 3 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (d. 1457)
  • May 29 – Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
  • July 18 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, German duke (d. 1507)
  • July 26 – Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, member of the Wittelsbach dynasty (d. 1501)
  • August 10 – Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, Duchess of York, second child of Richard Plantagenet (d. 1476)
  • date unknown – Hua Sui, Chinese inventor and printer (d. 1513)

    • 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)
  • December 31 – Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)

    • References

    1439 Wikipedia
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