January–March •
January 9 – (
Rajab 9,
837 AH) King
Alfonso V of Aragon ruler of the Kingdom of Sicily as well, contracts with tapestry weaver Guillem d'Uxelles to
Flanders to begin learning the Flemish methods to be duplicated in Spain, beginning the "Hispano-Flemish" style. •
February 19 – In India,
Mubarak Shah II, the
Sultan of Delhi, is assassinated. His nephew,
Muhammad Shah IV becomes the new Sultan. •
March 16 –
Muscovite War of Succession:
Yury of Zvenigorod defeats his nephew,
Vasily II,
Grand Prince of Moscow, in a battle at
Rostov, about from
Moscow. •
March 31 – Yury of Zvenigorod marches into
Moscow with his army and plunders Vasily II's treasury.
April–June •
April 14 – The foundation stone of
Nantes Cathedral in
Nantes,
Brittany, is laid. •
May 30 –
Hussite Wars –
Battle of Lipany: The Catholics and Utraquists defeat the Taborites, ending the Hussite Wars. •
June 20 –
Zara Yaqob becomes Emperor of
Ethiopia. •
June 24 – Iron mine owner
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson begins the
Engelbrekt rebellion in Sweden against
King Erik, starting with an attack against the town of
Borlänge, followed by Köpingehus, burning down offices there and then marching on towards
Västerås.
July–September •
July 5– Slightly more than three months after claiming the Grand Principality of Moscow, Yury of Zvenigorod dies suddenly at the age of 59 and is succeeded by his son,
Vasily Kosoy. •
July 25 – The coronation of
Wladyslaw III as
King of Poland takes place at the
Wawel Cathedral in
Kraków. •
August 9 – After fighting 166 jousts, and sustaining injuries over a month, Quiñones and his men end the
Passo Honroso. •
September 29 – Pope Eugene IV issues the
papal bull Regimini gregis, condemning the enslavement by the
Kingdom of Castile of the
Guanches, the indigenous people of the
Canary Islands. An order to free the slaves follows three months later.
October–December •
October 6 –
Cosimo de' Medici returns to Florence, one year after being exiled by the
Albizzi and
Strozzi faction. •
October 21 – The
University of Catania is founded in Italy. •
November 12 – •
René of Anjou becomes the new
Count of Provence and
Duke of Anjou, as well as a claimant to the title of
King of Naples, upon the death of his brother,
Louis III. • Bishop
Nils Ragvaldsson of
Sweden delivers a speech at the
Council of Basel, arguing the Kingdom of Sweden and its monarch,
Eric of Pomerania deserve senior rank over the Spanish delegation. •
December 17 –
Pope Eugene IV issues the
papal bull Creator Omnium, directing the freedom of the Canary Island slaves within 15 days after the bull is received.
Date unknown •
Jan van Eyck paints the
Arnolfini Portrait. • In
Ming Dynasty China, a long episode of drought, flood,
locust infestation, and famine cripple agriculture and commerce in areas throughout the country, until
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