January–March •
January 6 –
Mehmed II, the Muslim Sultan of the Ottoman empire, restores the Christian
Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate of
Constantinople, and appoints the Byzantine Greek theologian
Gennadius Scholarius as the Patriarch Gennadius II. •
February 4 – The cause of the
Thirteen Years' War is set when the Secret Council of the
Prussian Confederation sends a formal act of disobedience to the
Grand Master, and the citizens of
Toruń rebel against the
Teutonic Knights, beginning the conflict. •
March 6 –
Casimir IV of Poland renounces allegiance to the
Teutonic Knights and the
Prussian Confederation pledges its allegiance to him. •
March 27 –
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, becomes Protector for King
Henry VI of England, who is in a catatonic state.
April–June •
April 9 –
Treaty of Lodi:
Francesco Sforza forms a triple alliance between the
Duchy of Milan, the
Republic of Florence and
Kingdom of Naples. •
May 8 –
Catalan Grimaldi becomes the new
Lord of Monaco upon the death of his father,
Jean I Grimaldi. •
May 28 – King Casimir IV of Poland receives an oath of allegiance from the citizens of
Toruń and other cities in the Chelmno area. •
June 11 – In Poland, the landholders and bishops of
Elbing (now Elbląg) pledge allegiance to King Casimir IV, and
Danzig (now Gdańsk) follows on June 16. •
Ulrich II, Count of Celje becomes the new
Ban of Slavonia upon the death of his father,
Frederick II. •
June 19 – In Poland,
Königsberg (now
Kaliningrad in Russia) pledges its allegiance to
Casimir IV with the city's Chancellor,
Jan Taszka Koniecpolski, delivering the oath on behalf of the estates and cities of Lower Prussia.
July–September •
July 12 – Within the
Duchy of Pomerania in Germany, the
Hanseatic League town of
Stralsund ends its resistance to the Pomeranian dukes and enters into a peace agreement. •
July 21 – At
Valladolid,
Enrique IV is proclaimed as the new
King of Castile on the day after the death of his father,
King Juan II. •
July 31 – In
France, the rebel
Pierre II de Montferrand, former Governor of Baye, is beheaded, drawn and quartered after his July 14 conviction for treason. Shortly afterward, Montferrand is beheaded, then drawn and quartered. •
August 22 – In
Moldavia,
Petru Aron retakes the throne from
Alexăndrel. •
August 26 – At
Elbistan, capital of the
principality of Dulkadir,
Malik Arslan becomes the new ruler upon the death of his father,
Suleiman of Dulkadir. •
August 30 – The
Italic League is concluded in
Venice as an alliance between the
Republic of Venice, the
Papal States, the
Duchy of Milan, the
Republic of Florence, and the
Kingdom of Naples. •
September 18 –
Thirteen Years' War –
Battle of Chojnice: The
Polish army is defeated by a smaller but more professional
Teutonic army. •
September 24 – At the
Battle of Leskovac,
Nikola Skobaljić,
voivode of Dubočica, defeats Ottoman Turks invading Serbia.
October–December •
October 2 – At the
Battle of Kruševac, the Serbian Army, commanded by General Skobaljić with the assistance of troops from
John Hunyadi and
Đurađ Branković, destroys Ottoman invaders commanded by
Feriz Beg. •
December 12 (Julian calendar, December 21 Gregorian) – (24th day of 11th month of
Kyotuku 3)
An earthquake estimated by geologists at 8.4 magnitude strikes off the east coast of Japan and causes a
tsunami that kills an indeterminate number of people in the
Kantō region and the
Tōhoku region. •
December – King Henry VI of
England having regained his sanity dismisses the Duke of York as Protector.
Date unknown • The press of
Johannes Gutenberg (at Mainz on the Rhine) produces the first printed documents bearing a date. • Isaac Zarfati sends a circular letter to
Rhineland,
Swabia,
Moravia and
Hungary, praising the happy conditions of the
Jews under the crescent, in contrast to the "great torture chamber" under the cross, and urging them to come to the
Ottoman Empire. • The
Statutes of Nieszawa are enacted in
Poland. • The Drought of One Rabbit is recorded in Aztec history. == Births ==