January–March •
January 21 –
Jan IV,
Duke of Oświęcim, sells the
duchy to the
Kingdom of Poland. •
February 11 – In
Ming dynasty China, the
Emperor Yingzong of Ming is returned to the throne by General Cao Jixiang and other officers who had staged a coup d'etat and overthrown his brother, the
Emperor Daizong. Yingzong, whose first reign was the
Zhengtong era, proclaims the
Tianshun era. •
February 24 – King
Charles VIII of Sweden is
declared deposed after fleeing from Stockholm to Danzig following a rebellion. The
Archbishop of Sweden,
Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, and statesman
Erik Axelsson Tott become co-regents of
Sweden. The coup leaders then offer the throne to
Christian I, King of
Denmark and
Norway. •
March 1 –
Prince Zhu Jianshen is designated as the heir to the Chinese throne by his father, the
Emperor Yingzong. •
March 14 –
Ladislaus Hunyadi, who had assassinated the Hungarian regent
Ulrich of Celje on November 9, is arrested soon after being tricked by
King Ladislaus V into believing that he would become Lord Treasurer and Captain-General upon his arrival in Budapest. Hunyadi is beheaded two days later by order of the King. •
March 25 – At the age of 11,
Mirza Shah Mahmud briefly becomes the Sultan of the Timurid Empire upon the death at
Mashhad of the Sultan
Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza. Shah Mahmud is overthrown a few weeks later by his cousin
Ibrahim Mirza.
April–June •
April 12 –
Ştefan cel Mare secures the throne of
Moldavia, which he retains for the next 47 years. •
May 15 – The Swiss city of
St. Gallen becomes a free imperial city within the
Holy Roman Emperor upon payment of 7,000
gulden to its former abbot,
Kaspar von Breitenlandenberg. •
May 25 – The city of
Danzig (now Gdańsk) is granted full autonomy by King Casimir IV of Poland. •
June 23 – Christian I is elected king of Sweden, ending the war between Sweden and Denmark and restoring the
Kalmar Union. •
June 29 – The Dutch city of
Dordrecht is devastated by fire.
July–September •
July 21 – Former Korean King
Danjong (who had been given a comfortable office as "King Emeritus") is arrested after having conspired to reclaim the throne of Korea from his uncle,
King Sejo.
The other six conspirators (
Sŏng Sammun,
Pak Paeng-nyeon,
Ha Wi-ji,
Yi Kae,
Yu Ŭngbu, and
Yu Sŏngwŏn) are executed, while Danjong is initially spared the death penalty. •
August 14 – The
Mainz Psalter, the second major book printed with movable type in the West, the first to be wholly finished mechanically (including colour), and the first to carry a printed date, is printed for the
Elector of Mainz. •
September 2 – At the
Battle of Albulena, the Albanian general
Skanderbeg's defeats
Ottoman Empire army, in the open field.
October–December •
October 22 – After serving as the
Doge of the
Republic of Venice for 34 years,
Francesco Foscari is forced to abdicate by the
Council of Ten. Foscari dies 10 days later on November 1 at the age of 84. •
October 30 –
Pasquale Malipiero is elected as the new Doge of Venice. •
November 23 –
King Ladislaus V, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, and Duke of Austria since
1440, as well as
King of Bohemia since 1453, dies suddenly at the age of 17 while in
Prague. Although suspected by his allies to have been the victim of poisoning, examination of his remains indicates later that he died from
bubonic plague.
Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor is declared Duke of Austria, while
Matthias Corvinus attempts to become the new King of Hungary and Croatia, while
George of Poděbrady vies to become the new King of Bohemia. •
December 23 –
Pope Calixtus III declares Albanian hero Skanderbeg to be a Captain-General of the
Holy See and gives him the title
Athleta Christi ("Champion of Christ").
Date unknown •
Albrechts University is founded at
Freiburg im Breisgau. •
Edo Castle is built by
Ōta Dōkan in modern-day
Tokyo. • Oirat Taiji-Asamanji (Uch-Timur) set out on a devastating campaign in Central Asia == Births ==