Year by year · 15th century

1444

1444 in world history: 6 events, 3 births, 7 deaths and 1 state founded. 901 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. Battle

    Battle of Varna

    The Battle of Varna was fought on 10 November 1444 near the Black Sea port of Varna in Bulgaria, where the Ottoman army of Murad II defeated a crusading army of Hungarians, Poles and Wallachians.

  2. Battle

    Battle of Torvioll

    The Battle of Torvioll was fought on 29 June 1444 in the plain of Torvioll in Albania, where Skanderbeg, leading the forces of the League of Lezhë, defeated an Ottoman army under Ali Pasha.

  3. Battle

    Battle of St. Jakob an der Birs

    The Battle of St.

  4. Treaty · Peace

    Peace of Szeged

    The Peace of Szeged was a ten-year truce agreed in 1444 between the Ottoman sultan Murad II and the Kingdom of Hungary.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1444 3

Died in 1444 7

States founded 1

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