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January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece

February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at Orléans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart.

April 29 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

April 30 - Siege of Orléans: Joan of Arc enters Orléans with a relief expedition.

May 7 - Fall of the Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning wounded to lead the final charge.

May 8 - The English depart Orléans.

June 18 - Battle of Patay: French forces under Joan of Arc smash the English forces under Lord Talbot and Sir John Fastolf, forcing the withdrawal of the English from the Loire Valley.

July 17 - Charles VII of France crowned in Rheims.

September 8 - Joan leads an unsuccessful attack on Paris and is wounded.

Fire destroys Turku.

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January 30 - Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (d. 1438)

March 23 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)

Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter, sculptor and jeweller (d. 1498)

Mino da Fiesole, Florentine sculptor (d. 1484)

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Deaths

June 22 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian mathematician and astronomer (born 1380)
September 28 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria (born 1394)
December 30 - Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (born 1385)
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, founder of the Medici dynasty of Florence (born 1360)