In the year 1449, the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome, Constantine XI Palaiologos, is crowned Byzantine Emperor (Jan 6), the French recapture Rouen from the English (Oct 29), Karl Knutsson Bonde becomes the King of Norway (Nov 20) - and all these fine people were born:

1449-0101 Lorenzo de Medici* statesman/patron of Renaissance culture in Italy - Florence, Republic of Florence (1492/43)

1449-0207 Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg* daughter of Count John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg/mother of six - Nassau (1477/27)

1449-0427 Asakura Ujikage* 朝倉 氏景 the 8th head of the Asakura clan during the period of the Ashikaga shogunate - Japan (1486/37)

1449-0925 Niccolò Machiavelli* namesake of his more famous cousin - Italy (1516/66)

1449-1021 George Plantagenet* 1st Duke of Clarence/brother of the kings Edward IV and Richard III - Dublin Castle, Ireland (1478/28)

1449-1111 Catherine of Podebrady* Hungarian queen at age 13/ died in childbirth - Podebrady, Bohemia (1464/14)

Updated 23.3.2021
Search for another year here