Year 1447 (MCDXLVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1447 March 6 – Pope Nicholas V succeeds Pope Eugene IV as the 208th pope. December – Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, and his eldest son Mircea are assassinated. Vladislav II succeeds him with the assistance of John Hunyadi. The Siege of Soest in the course of the According to Ryū's own sources, Iizasa Ienao founds Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto… (More on 1447)