1444

Year 1444 was a (link will display the full calendar) of the.

Events of 1444

 * - The is established in Lezha;  proclaimed commander of the
 * - Truce of . Five Year Truce between England and France
 * - founds the.
 * August - Defeat at the forces  to abdicate in favor of his son.
 * - in the . , seeking to send away troublesome troops made idle by the truce with England, sends his son the  with a large army into Switzerland to support the claims of Emperor .  The massively outnumbered Swiss force is destroyed in this battle, but inflict such casualties on the French that they withdraw.
 * - . The crusading forces of King Ladislas of Poland and Hungary are crushed by the Turks under Sultan .  Ladislas is killed.
 * Forces of the Sultan of Egypt fail to take from the
 * discovered at ,
 * explorers reach the mouth of the rivers and.
 * First European for the sale of African slaves, the Mercado de Escravos in.
 * A serious fire occurs at in.

Births

 * -, Duke of Milan (died )
 * -, Italian painter (died 1510) [ Conflicting birth year. See also: ]
 * -, Italian architect (died )
 * date unknown
 * (died )
 * , Indian mathematician and astronomer (died )

Deaths

 * -, countess of Mömpelgard and regent of Württemberg (born )
 * -, Italian humanist (born )
 * -, Flemish painter (born )
 * - Saint, Italian Franciscan missionary (b. )
 * -, English military leader (born )
 * -, Italian mercenary (born )
 * - King (killed in battle) (born )
 * -, French chancellor

Trivia
1444 in is MCDXLIV and, excluding the BC years, this year is the first year to use every letter in the Roman numbering system.