January–June •
January 16 – The papacy of
Pope Gabriel V of Alexandria, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt, ends with his death after a reign of more than 17 years. •
January –
Radu II of Wallachia resumes the throne of
Wallachia for the fourth time, but a seven-year struggle for it ends in March when he is defeated in battle, and probably killed, by
Dan II, who resumes the throne for a fifth term. •
February 23 – In Spain, the first tremors are felt in the
Principality of Catalonia of what will become a devastating
6.7 magnitude earthquake that will happen less than a year later, on February 2, 1428. •
March 29 – In Vietnam, the
Ming dynasty China army invades a second time, bringing 120,000 reinforcement troops led by General
Mu Sheng to crush the
Lam Sơn uprising.
April–June •
April 22 – In France,
Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, is granted the control of the county of Mortain in
Normandy by the
Duke of Bedford, Regent for King Henry VI in France, as a reward for his military service during the war against the French. •
May 11 (16
Pashons,
1143 AM) – At
Alexandria, Farag El-Maksi is elected as the new Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Christians and takes the regnal name of
Pope John XI. •
June 7 –
Pope Martin V orders the Roman Catholic bishops of Portro and Alba to work on driving the
Fraticelli faction of the
Franciscan Order from Italy. •
June 16 –
John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach ("the Alchemist", of the Hohenzollern family), signs a peace agreement with the dukes of the various Pomeranian duchies at the Brandenburg city of
Templin, ending the latest Pomeranian-Brandenburg conflict. •
June 27 –
John III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Stargard, is released from imprisonment after swearing an oath of allegiance to John, Margrave of Brandenburg.
July–September •
July 15 – The
Siege of Montargis is started in
France by 1,000 Englishmen led by the
Earl of Warwick and lasts for seven weeks. •
July 19 –
Stefan Lazarević, ruler of the
Serbian Despotate, dies at
Belgrade and is succeeded by his nephew,
Đurađ Branković. •
August 4 –
Hussite Wars:
Battle of Tachov – The
Hussites decisively beat the
crusader armies, ending the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade. •
August 17 – The first band of
Gypsies visits
Paris, according to an account of the citizens of Paris.
October–December •
September 5 – A French Army relief force of 1,600 soldiers, led by
Jean de Dunois, ends the siege of Montargis by luring the English Army into a trap. The Montargis defenders open the city gates and the English are attacked from two sides, losing more than 1,000 men and all of their artillery. •
October 13 – •
Lincoln College, a constituent college of the
University of Oxford in England, is founded by the Bishop of Lincoln. • The English Parliament assembles at Westminster after being summoned on July 15 by England's Regency Council.
John Tyrrell is elected as Speaker of the House of Commons. •
November 12 – To avoid further destruction of the Chinese army, General
Wang Tong begins withdrawing troops from northern Vietnam's
Jiaozhi region, having accepted a proposal by Vietnam without the approval of China's
Xuande Emperor. The Emperor is informed of the proposal and agrees on November 20 to accept terms of peace. •
December 29 – Victorious in the
Lam Sơn uprising,
Đại Việt (Vietnam) succeeds in forcing the withdrawal of Chinese troops from its territory as China's General
Wang Tong and Vietnam's General
Nguyễn Trãi agree to terms of disarmament and repatriation of 86,640 Ming Chinese prisoners in return for Chinese withdrawal.
Date unknown • Minrekyansa becomes King of
Ava (ancient
Myanmar). • The Conflict of Druimnacour occurs in
Sutherland,
Scotland. • The first
witch hunts begin, in
Switzerland. • The
Celestine Order is established in
France. • The Celebration of
Sant Jordi (
Saint George) begins in
Catalonia (he will later become its
patron saint). •
Bremen is expelled from the
Hanseatic League. •
Diogo de Silves, Portuguese navigator, discovers seven islands of the
Azores archipelago. •
Battle of the Echinades: A Byzantine fleet defeats the fleet of
Carlo I Tocco. •
Itzcoatl becomes the 4th
Tlatoani of
Tenochtitlan, after his nephew
Chimalpopoca is killed by the
Maxtla, at
Azcapotzalco. •
Bhaktapur Royal Palace in
Nepal is built by King Yaksa Malla. == Births ==