History
1444
General
Population: 412 Million*
- Entertainment: Hans Rodenplut is one of the early mastersingers of Nuremberg
- Deaths: Spanish defender of Jewish faith Joseph Albo, Vladislav III of Poland, Humanist Leonardo Bruni
Europe
- Italian States: Cosimo de' Medici founds Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana in Florence
- Poland: Death of Vladislav III King of Poland as he is killed by Turks at Battle of Varna
Middle East
- Eastern Roman empire shrinks