1442

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Years: 1439 1440 1441 - 1442 - 1443 1444 1445

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• The community of Rauma, Finland was granted its town rights.
• Vlad II Dracul is replaced as ruler of Wallachia by Mircea.

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)

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