History
1448
General
Population: 415 Million*
- Deaths: John VIII the Byzantine Emperor, Barsarab Dracul (killed)
Asia
- Thailand expands under King Trailok, begins reforms
Europe
- England: Anglo-Scot war renewed – Lancaster and York forming the two rival groups in England
- Romania: Barsarab Dracul killed and son Vlad named prince
- Slav States: Murad II defeats Janos Hunyady at Kossovo
- Sweden: Knutson Bonde elected King Charles VIII
Middle East
- Byzantine Empire: Death of John VIII the Byzantine Emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus becomes the last Byzantine Emperor