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1444| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1444 | Switzerland [painting] | The Swiss artist Konrad Witz paints The Miraculous Draft of Fishes (Altarpiece of Saint Peter's). | | 28 May 1444 | France, England, France [treaties] | By the Treaty of Tours, King Charles VII of France makes a truce for two years with King Henry VI of England, who becomes engaged to marry Margaret, daughter of René I, Duke of Anjou. | | 12 June 1444 | Ottoman Empire, Albania [diplomacy] | The Ottoman sultan Murad II makes a truce for ten years at Szeged, Bulgaria, with the crusaders, with the Albanian nationalist Skanderbeg, and with George Barnkovic, who is restored as despot of Serbia. | | 10 November 1444 | Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania, Hungary [political events] | The Ottoman sultan Murad II destroys the crusading army at Varna, Bulgaria. János Hunyadi, Voivode (governor) of Transylvania, escapes; cardinal Cesarini disappears; and King Wladyslaw III (Warnenczyk) of Poland and Hungary is killed. |
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