1447

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s
Years:	1444 1445 1446 – 1447 – 1448 1449 1450

Year 1447 was a common year starting on Sunday.

Events of 1447

March 6 – Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV as the 208th pope.
December – Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia and his eldest son Mircea are assassinated. Vladislav II succeeds him with the assistance of John Hunyadi.

December 9 – Chenghua Emperor of China (died 1487)
date unknown
- Piero Capponi, Italian soldier. (died 1496)
- Philippe de Commines, Flemish historian (died 1511)
- Catherine of Genoa, woman mystic (died 1510)
Giovanni Antonio Amadeo, Italian sculptor (died 1522)
Bayezid II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1512)

February 23
- Pope Eugene IV (born 1383)
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (born 1390)
March 12 – Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (born 1377)
April 11 – Henry Cardinal Beaufort, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1377)
August 13 – Filippo Maria Visconti, Duke of Milan (born 1392)
December – Vlad II Dracul, Prince of Wallachia
date unknown
- John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter (born 1395)

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