1442

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.
* The municipality of Juva, Finland was founded.
* 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