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February 21 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.

September 13 - Gilles de Rais is taken into custody upon an accusation brought against him by the Bishop of Nantes.

October 22 - Gilles de Rais confesses and is sentenced to death.

Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Moctezuma I, Moctezuma Ilhuicamina.

End of term for Regent of Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde.

Murad II lays siege to Belgrade. The city is heavily damaged, but the defenders' use of artillery prevents the Turks from capturing the city.

Eton College is founded by Henry VI.

Sir Richard Molyneux appointed constable of Liverpool Castle.

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January 22 - Ivan III of Russia (d. 1505)

February 22 - King Ladislaus Posthumus of Bohemia and Hungary (died 1457)

Pedrarias Dávila, Spanish colonial administrator (died 1531)

Kabir, Indian mystic (died 1518)

Jorge Manrique, Spanish poet (died 1479)

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March 9 - St Frances of Rome, Italian nun (born 1384)

March 20 - Sigismund I of Lithuania

September 30 - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician

October 26 - Gilles de Rais, French soldier (born 1404)

November 13 - Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmoreland

Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg (born 1371)

Itzcóatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan

Johann Schiltberger, German traveller and writer (born 1381)

Giovanni Vitelleschi, Italian bishop and soldier

Henry Wardlaw, Scottish church leader