Year 1448 (MCDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. January 6 – Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, dies with no designated heir, leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. Brothers Bengt Jönsson Oxenstierna and Nils Jönsson Oxenstierna are selected to serve as co-regents of Sweden.

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The Second Battle of Kosovo (Hungarian: második rigómezei csata, Turkish: İkinci Kosova Muharebesi) was a land battle between a Hungarian-led Crusader army and the Ottoman Empire at Kosovo field that took place from 17–20 October 1448.

Battle of Kosovo, (October 17–20, 1448), battle between forces of the Ottoman Empire and a Hungarian-Walachian coalition led by the Hungarian commander János Hunyadi at Kosovo, Serbia.

1448 (MCDXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1448th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 448th year of the 2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 15th century, and the 9th year of the 1440s decade.

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11 March – Hundred Years' War: England cedes Maine to France. 16 March – Hundred Years' War: peace negotiations break down over the issue of English control over Brittany. 23 October – Scottish victory over the English at the Battle of Sark. Queen Margaret of Anjou founds Queens' College, Cambridge.