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Heads of State
Year of the Fire Snake丁巳(at the beginning of Fire Dragon丙辰)
Syria: 1748/49 ( the year in October )
- 2.1 Exact date of birth unknown
- 3.1 First half of
- 3.2 Second half of
- 3.3 More death unknown
Events
Politics and World Affairs
- Duke Albrecht V of the House of Habsburg inherited after the death of the last Luxembourger Sigismund a large part of its possessions; 1438 he is also chosen to be his successor as German king.
- Henry the Navigator fails when trying to take Tangier.
- After the assassination of James I, his son Jakob is II, King of Scotland.
Culture
- Jan van Eyck painted the Dresden Lady Altar. The small-format triptych is now in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister in Dresden.
Religion
Born
- March 07: Anna of Saxony, German nobleman, Electress of Brandenburg ( † 1512)
- April 03: Pierre de Blarru, French canon, humanist († 1510)
- 04 October: John IV, German nobleman, Duke of Bavaria- Munich ( † 1463 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Georg Altdorfer, German bishop of Chiemsee ( † 1495 )
- Isabelle de Bourbon, French nobleman, Duchess of Burgundy ( † 1465 )
- Filippo Buonaccorsi, Italian humanist and statesman († 1497 )
- Elisabeth von Habsburg, Austrian nobles, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania († 1505)
- Jan of Rabštejna, Bohemian priest, diplomat († 1473 )
- Isaac Abrabanel, Jewish politician and financier in the service of the Kings of Portugal, Spain, Naples, and the Doge of Venice ( † 1508)
Died
First half year
- January 03: Catherine de Valois, French nobles, Queen of England (* 1401 )
- FEBRUARY 21: James I, King of Scotland (* 1394)
- MARCH 22: John III. Diepholz, German bishop of Osnabrück
- MARCH 24: Jean de Rochetaillée, French Patriarch of Constantinople Opel, Bishop of Geneva and Paris, Archbishop of Rouen
- March 26: Walter Stewart, Scottish nobleman, 1st Earl of Atholl (* 1360 )
- May 02: Gjon Kastrioti I., Albanian prince
- 06 May: Bolko IV, Silesian nobleman, robber barons, Duke of Falkenberg and Strehlitz (* 1363-1367 )
- MAY 18: Konrad VII of Soest, German bishop of Regensburg (c. 1370 )
- May 22: Jean de Villiers de L' Isle- Adam, a French nobleman, Marshal of France (* 1384 )
Second half- year
- July 09: Joan of Navarre, French nobles, Duchess of Brittany, Queen of England (* 1370 )
- July 14: Adolf VII, German nobleman, Duke of Jülich and Berg
- AUGUST 28: Ulrich Putsch, German bishop of Brixen
- 09 September: Jan Roháč z Dubé, Bohemian Hussite
- 09 December: Sigismund of Luxembourg, Holy Roman German Emperor, King of Bohemia and King of Hungary (* 1368 )
- December: Henry of Böckenförde, German nobleman, Land Master of the Teutonic Order in Livonia
More death unknown
- Lorenz von Brösau, Czech writer and chronicler (* 1370 )
- Divis Bořek z Miletínka, Bohemian captain
- Niccolo Niccoli, Italian merchant and humanist (* 1364 )
- Hans von Polenz, German nobleman, bailiff (* 1380-1385 )
- Johann (Hans) of Quitzow, German robber barons (* 1370 )
- Ulrich von Richental, German historian (* 1360 )