1447

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.

 Births 
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)

 Deaths 
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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