1439

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s
Years:	1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 1441 1442

1439 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1439 MCDXXXIX
Ab urbe condita	2192
Armenian calendar	888 ԹՎ ՊՁԸ
Assyrian calendar	6189
Balinese saka calendar	1360–1361
Bengali calendar	846
Berber calendar	2389
English Regnal year	17 Hen. 6 – 18 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1983
Burmese calendar	801
Byzantine calendar	6947–6948
Chinese calendar	戊午年 (Earth Horse) 4136 or 3929     — to — 己未年 (Earth Goat) 4137 or 3930
Coptic calendar	1155–1156
Discordian calendar	2605
Ethiopian calendar	1431–1432
Hebrew calendar	5199–5200
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1495–1496
- Shaka Samvat	1360–1361
- Kali Yuga	4539–4540
Holocene calendar	11439
Igbo calendar	439–440
Iranian calendar	817–818
Islamic calendar	842–843
Japanese calendar	Eikyō 11 (永享１１年)
Javanese calendar	1354–1355
Julian calendar	1439 MCDXXXIX
Korean calendar	3772
Minguo calendar	473 before ROC 民前473年
Nanakshahi calendar	−29
Thai solar calendar	1981–1982
Tibetan calendar	阳土马年 (male Earth-Horse) 1565 or 1184 or 412     — to — 阴土羊年 (female Earth-Goat) 1566 or 1185 or 413

Miracle of the Moose (modern fresco in Pechersky Ascension Monastery).

Year 1439 (MCDXXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• May 4 – Battle of Grotnik: Władysław III's royal army defeats the Hussite movement in Poland.
• June 29 – Date of Venerable Macarius' Miracle of the Moose, according to Russian hagiographers.
• July 6 – Pope Eugene IV issues the Bull of Union with the Greeks, proclaiming the end of the East–West Schism. The bull is repudiated by most Eastern bishops shortly thereafter.
• September 8 – Cardinal Giovanni Vitelleschi captures Foligno, ending Trinci's signoria.
• September 29 or October 1 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, is declared deposed in Sweden. Karl Knutsson Bonde continues to serve as Regent of Sweden.
• November 12 – In England, Plymouth becomes the first town incorporated by the English Parliament.

Date unknown

• Johannes Gutenberg develops printing with movable type at Mainz at about this date.
• The Great Ordinance is adopted by the French Estates-General. This measure grants the king the exclusive right to raise troops, and establishes the taxation measure known as the taille, in support of a standing army.
• The Council of Florence is moved to Florence.
• At the Portuguese Cortes, Peter, Duke of Coimbra is appointed Regent of the Kingdom.

Births

• March 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimi, brother of Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa (d. 1491)
• April 3 – Ludwig II, Count of Württemberg-Urach, German noble (d. 1457)
• May 29 – Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
• July 18 – John V, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, German duke (d. 1507)
• July 26 – Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, member of the Wittelsbach dynasty (d. 1501)
• August 10 – Anne of York, Duchess of Exeter, Duchess of York, second child of Richard Plantagenet (d. 1476)
• date unknown – Hua Sui, Chinese inventor and printer (d. 1513)

Deaths

• April 30 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
• June 24 – Duke Frederick IV of Austria (b. 1382)
• September 12 – Sidi El Houari, Algerian imam (b. 1350)
• October 20 – Ambrose the Camaldulian, Italian theologian
• October 27 – Albert II of Germany, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1397)
• December 30 – Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)