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Events
February 4
- In the
Thirteen Years' War
, the Secret Council of the Prussian Confederacy sends a formal act of disobedience to the
Grand Master
.
March 6
-
Casimir IV of Poland
renounces allegiance to the
Teutonic Knights
March 27
-
Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York
becomes Protector for the insane King
Henry VI of England
September 18
- In the
battle of Chojnice
, the
Polish
army is defeated by a smaller but more professional
Teutonic
army during
Thirteen Years' War
.
December
- King Henry having regained his sanity, the Duke of York is dismissed as Protector
Francesco Sforza
forms a triple alliance between the duchy of
Milan
, republic of
Florence
and kingdom of
Naples
Births
March 9
-
Amerigo Vespucci
, explorer and cartographer (d.
1512
)
Deaths
John Kemp
, Archbishop of Canterbury
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