2nd March » Skanderbeg organizes a group of Albanian people known as Albanian nobles to form the League of Lezhë.
29th June » Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Battle of Torvioll or Torvioll.
10th November » Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland named Vladislaus III of Varna (aka 'Ulaszlo I of Hungary' and 'Wladyslaw III of Poland') are crushed by the Ottoman Empire called Turks under Sultan Murad II and Vladislaus is killed.
Famous Birthdays in 1444
24th January » Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Italian husband of Bona of Savoy (d. 1476)
14th June » Nilakantha Somayaji, Indian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1544)
Famous Deaths in History for 1444
26th April » Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
20th May » Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
27th May » John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, English commander (b. 1404)