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1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1449th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 449th year of the 2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 15th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1440s decade. As of the start of 1449, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

• January 6 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor, at Mistra. He was the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome.
• April 7 – The last Antipope, Felix V abdicates.
• April 19 – Pope Nicholas V elected by the Council of Basel
• April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
• August 13 – Brandenburg Margrave Albrecht Achilles takes the Lichtenau fortress from Nuremberg in the First Margrave War.
• September 8 – Battle of Tumu Fortress – the Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming Dynasty army and capture the Zhengtong Emperor of China; the latter is officially deposed while his brother ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year in 1450.
• October 29 – French recapture Rouen from the English

• January 1 – Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman (died 1492)
• October 21 – George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1478)
• date unknown – Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist (died 1494)
• probable – Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate, (died 1490)

• May 20 – Infante Pedro, Duke of Coimbra (born 1392)
• October 27 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer (born 1394)
• date unknown
  • Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (born 1443)
  • Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles