| March 30 | Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege |
| April 7 | Louis van Burbon becomes prince-bishop of Luik |
| June 9 | 23rd recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet |
| July 7 | Though she had already been executed, Joan of Arc is acquitted |
| July 22 | Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II |
| December 5 | Earthquake strikes Naples; about 35,000 die |