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Year 1442 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1442

June 12 - Alfonso of Aragon is crowned at Naples.
The community of Rauma, Finland is granted its town rights.
Vlad II Dracul is temporarily replaced as ruler of Wallachia by his son Mircea.
A fourth tower is added to Liverpool Castle.
Battle of Sibiu: John Huniady defeats an Ottoman army of 80,000 strong, led by Mezid the Bey of Vidin, near Sibiu.

Births

April 28 - King Edward IV of England (d. 1483)

July 3 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)

September 27 - John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk (d. 1491)

date unknown

Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian archbishop (d. 1521)
Vannozza dei Cattanei, mistress of Pope Alexander VI

probable - Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (d. 1483)

Deaths

August 29 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)

October 18 - Infante João of Portugal (b. 1400)

December 18 - Pierre Cauchon, French Catholic bishop (b. 1371)

December 26 - Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara (b. 1383)

date unknown

Al-Maqrizi, Arab historian
Ahmed Shah, Sultan of Gujarat

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