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Events

• 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 Earl of Suffolk's army at Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart.
• April 27 - Battle of Orlans. A French relief army under Joan of Arc and the Duc d'Alenon enters Orleans
• May 7 - A French attack led by Joan of Arc breaks the English bridgehead on the South side of the Loire.
• May 8 - Suffolk withdraws from Orleans, ending the siege.
• June 19 - Battle of Patay. French forces under Joan smash the English forces under Lord Talbot and Sir John Fastolf, forcing the withdrawal of the English from the Loire Valley.
• July 16 - Charles VII of France crowned in Rheims
• September 8 - Joan leads an unsuccessful attack on Paris, and is wounded.
• Fire destroys Turku

Births

Deaths

• September 28 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria

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