1447

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s  1420s  1430s  – 1440s –  1450s  1460s  1470s
Years:	1444 1445 1446 – 1447 – 1448 1449 1450

Year 1447 was a common year starting on Sunday.

Events of 1447

• March 6 – Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV as the 208th pope.
• December – Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia and his eldest son Mircea are assassinated. Vladislav II succeeds him with the assistance of John Hunyadi.

Births

• December 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (died 1487)
• date unknown
  • Piero Capponi, Italian soldier. (died 1496)
  • Philippe de Commines, Flemish historian (died 1511)
  • Catherine of Genoa, woman mystic (died 1510)
• Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Italian sculptor (died 1522)
• Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1512)

Deaths

• February 23
  • Pope Eugene IV (born 1383)
  • Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)
• March 12 – Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (born 1377)
• April 11 – Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377)
• August 13 – Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (born 1392)
• December – Vlad II Dracul, Prince of Wallachia
• date unknown
  • John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)