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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 19]] &ndash; Upon the death of [[Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau|Prince Sigismund]] of [[Anhalt-Dessau]] (now within the federal state of [[Saxony-Anhalt]] in southeastern Germany), his four sons Waldemar IV, George, Albert V and Sigismund II become the joint rulers of the principality. Upon the death of Waldemar in 1417, Sigismund in 1452, and Albert in 1469, George will reign alone for five more years until his death in [[1469]]. 
* [[February 20]] &ndash; [[Khalil Sultan]] becomes the new ruler of the western side of the Timurid Empire upon the death of his grandfather, the Mongol conqueror [[Timur Shah|Tamerlane]], while the son of Tamerlane, [[Shah Rukh]], becomes the ruler of the eastern side.
* [[March 18]] &ndash; News reaches the Timurid Empire that Tamerlane has died, and a period of mourning begins as Tamerlane is interred at the [[Gur-e-Amir]] [[mausoleum]] in [[Samarkand]], now in the Republic of [[Uzbekistan]].<ref>Дж. Мароцци. «Тамерлан: Завоеватель Мира» — Москва: «АСТ», 2009</ref>
* [[March 21]] &ndash; [[John the Fearless]], already Duke of Burgundy, becomes the [[Count of Flanders]] upon the death of his mother, [[Margaret III, Countess of Flanders]], bringing the French speakers of Burgundy and the Flemish speaking citizens of Flanders under common rule in what will later become the [[Kingdom of Belgium]].<ref>{{cite book |first1=Wim |last1=Blockmans |first2=Walter |last2=Prevenier |title=The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 |translator-first=Elizabeth |translator-last=Fackelman |editor-first=Edward |editor-last=Peters |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=1999 |page=13}}</ref>
* [[March 31]] &ndash; [[Antonio I Acciaioli]], [[Duke of Athens]], reaches an agreement with the [[Venetian Senate]] and with [[Michele Steno]], [[List of Doges of Venice|Doge of Venice]], for payment of [[War reparations|reparations]] to Venice in return for being able to continue ruling Athens.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of the Crusades |volume=3 |last=Setton |first=Kenneth M. |authorlink=Kenneth Setton |chapter=The Catalans and Florentines in Greece, 1380–1462 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |year=1975 |page=267}}</ref>