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Events
- March 21 - Battle of Baugé. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy.
- May 26 - Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Murad II.
- November 17–19 - St. Elizabeth flood. The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands was flooded due to extremely high tide of the North Sea. 72 villages were drowned, killing about 10,000 people.
- John III of Dampierre, Marquis of Namur, sells his estates to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
Births
- July 25 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
- December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
- Sogi, Buddhist priest and Japanese poet (died 1502)
- Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France
- Ponhea Yat, ruler of the Khmer Empire (died 1467)
Deaths
- March 22 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (born 1388)
- May 26 - Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)
- John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (born 1385)
- John de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros (born 1396)
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