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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 6]] &ndash; The [[Congress of Lutsk]] opened in the [[Grand Duchy of Lithuania]] at [[Lubart's Castle|the castle of]] [[Liubartas]] in [[Lutsk]]. In addition to the Lithuanian nobles gathered there with the Supreme Duke of Lithuania [[Władysław II Jagiełło]] and the [[Vytautas the Great|Grand Duke Vytautas]], the Congress was attended by  [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]], King of Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Croatia; [[Erik of Pomerania|Erik VII, King of Denmark]]; a Komtur of the [[Teutonic Knights]]; [[Vasily II of Moscow|Vasily II]], [[Grand Prince of Moscow]]; [[Boris of Tver|Boris, Duke of Tver]]; [[Ivan III of Ryazan|Ivan III, Duke of Ryazan]]; the [[List of princes of Wallachia|Voivode]] [[Dan II of Wallachia]]; and representatives of the Pope, the Byzantine Empire and Moldavia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Pucek |first=Zdzisław |date=1992-10-03 |title=Book review. K. Kowalski, B. Rzebik-Kowalska, 1991: Mammals of Algeria. Wrocław-Warszawa-Kraków, Ossolineum-Zakład Narodowy im. Ossolińskich - Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk. 370 pp |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4098/at.arch.92-14 |journal=Acta Theriologica |volume=37 |pages=140 |doi=10.4098/at.arch.92-14 |issn=0001-7051}}</ref> , to discuss the coronation of [[Vytautas]] as the [[King of Lithuania]], as well as the siege of Moldavia, entering a against the [[Ottoman Empire]], the ongoing war between Denmark and the Hanseatic League, religious unions and divisions, and assorted economic, trade, and tax-related issues.
* [[February 12]] &ndash; [[Battle of Rouvray]] (or "of the Herrings"): [[England|English]] forces under Sir [[John Fastolf]] defend a supply convoy, which is carrying rations (food) to the army of [[William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk|William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk]] at [[Orléans]], from attack by the [[Charles I, Duke of Bourbon|Comte de Clermont]] and [[John Stewart of Darnley|John Stewart]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Joseph Brady Mitchell|author2=Edward Shepherd Creasy|title=Twenty Decisive Battles of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bSW7Fc_fVyIC|date=April 2004|publisher=William S. Konecky Associates, Incorporated|isbn=978-1-56852-458-0|page=138}}</ref>
* [[March 8]] &ndash; After hearing that [[Joan of Arc]] says that voices from heaven have told her that she will lead a royalist army to relive the siege of Orleans and help him secure the French throne, [[Charles VII of France|the Dauphin Charles of France]] meets with her at the [[Château de Chinon]] and is persuaded that he should provide her supplies and troops.<ref>{{citation |last=Neillands |first=Robin |title=The Hundred Years War |publisher=Routledge |year=2001 |pages=253-258|isbn=978-0-415-26131-9}}</ref>
* [[March 20]] &ndash; [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]], [[List of Byzantine emperors|Emperor of Byzantium]], begins the siege of the Greek port of [[Patras]], which is controlled by the [[Venetian Republic]]. The city surrenders to the Byzantines on June 1.<ref>''Patras. From Antiquity to Today'', ed. by Triantafyllos E. Sklavenitis and Konstantinos Sp. Staikos (Athens: Kotinos A.E. Editions, 2005)</ref>