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* The [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] capture the Bulgarian fortress of [[Vidin]] and [[Tsar]] [[Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria|Ivan Sratsimir]], ending the [[Second Bulgarian Empire]].<ref>Science historian chronicles true story of Lady Florence Baker, Penn State University, 3 February 2004, Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref> The Bulgarian state is reestablished in [[1878]] as the [[Principality of Bulgaria]].<ref>Miller-Yianni, Martin (20 May 2010). ''Bulgarian History — A Concise Account''. Lulu.com. {{ISBN|9781445716336}}. Retrieved 28 January 2025 – via Google Books.</ref>
* France conquers the [[Republic of Genoa]].<ref>Kirk, Thomas Allison (2005). ''Genoa and the Sea: Policy and Power in an Early Modern Maritime Republic''. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 26. {{ISBN|0-8018-8083-1}}. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref>
* After a 14-year [[interregnum]], [[Pedro de San Superano]] is declared ruler of the [[Principality of Achaea]] (modern-day Peloponnese, southern Greece).<ref>[[William Miller (historian)|Miller, William]] (1908). ''The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1556)''. E. P Dutton and Company. [[OCLC (identifier)|OCLC]] 1106830090. p. 317–318, 368, 651.</ref>
* Abu Amir succeeds Abdul Aziz II as ruler of the [[Marinid dynasty]], in modern-day [[Morocco]].<ref>Ilahiane, Hsain (2006-07-17). ''Historical Dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen)''. Scarecrow Press. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-6490-0}}, p. 156.</ref>
* [[Timur]] appoints his son [[Miran Shah]], as [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] viceroy of present-day [[Azerbaijan]].<ref>[[Vasily Bartold|Barthold, Vasilii Vladimirovitch]] (1963). ''Four Studies on the History of Central Asia''. Vol. 2. Brill Archive. p. 33.</ref>
* The [[Kart dynasty]] is brought to an end in east [[Persia]] after its remaining rulers are murdered at a banquet by Miran Shah.<ref>Vasiliĭ Vladimirovich Bartolʹd, ''Four Studies on the History of Central Asia'', Vol.II, (Brill, 1958), 33.</ref>
* [[Philibert de Naillac]] succeeds [[Juan Fernández de Heredia]], as [[List of Grand Masters of the Knights Hospitaller|Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller]].<ref>Whitworth Porter (31 October 2013). ''A History of the Knights of Malta''. Cambridge University Press. p. 291. {{ISBN|978-1-108-06622-8}}.</ref>
* [[Huitzilihuitl]] succeeds his father, [[Acamapichtli]], as ruler of the [[Aztecs]].<ref>Simon, Z (2021). "Ten Chronologies of Ancient Mexico"</ref>
* The Ulu Camii Mosque is built in [[Bursa]] by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]].
* The [[Ming dynasty]] court of China sends two envoys, Qian Guxun and Li Sicong, to the Ava Kingdom of [[Burma]] and the [[Tai peoples|Tai polity]] of the [[Mong Mao]], in order to resolve a dispute between these two. The travels of the Chinese ambassadors are recorded in the historical text of the ''[[Baiyi Zhuan]]''.<ref>Wade, Geoff (1996) "The Bai Yi Zhuan: A Chinese Account of Tai Society in the 14th Century," ''14th Conference of the International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA)'', Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. (Includes translation of (Jiangliang, 1980), a copy can be found at the [[Thailand Information Center]] at [[Chulalongkorn]]Central Library)[1]</ref>
* [[Timur]] orders the construction of a garden in a meadow, House of Flowers.<ref>HISTORY OF SAMARKAND GARDENS BUILT BY AMIR TEMUR. Kamoliddin G’aniev, Samarkand State University, Associate Professor of History of Uzbekistan. Article history: Abstract: Received: 2th April 2021 In the article on the basis of sources landscape gardening. https://scholarzest.com/index.php/esj/article/download/726/615/1477.  Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref>
* Peasants in the modern-day provinces of [[Hunan]] and [[Hubei]] in the east of China plant 84 million fruit trees.
* The [[University of Zadar]] is founded, the first university in [[Croatia]].<ref>"University of Zadar : About us". ''Unizd.hr''. Retrieved 28 January 2025.</ref>