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=== April–June === * [[April 15]] – [[Francesco Foscari]] is elected as the new [[List of Doges of Venice|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Venice]], defeating the other candidate, [[Pietro Loredan (admiral)|Admiral Pietro Loredan]], and becomes the longest serving Venetian chief executive, presiding for more than 34 years.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Foscari, Francesco |volume=10 |page=730 |first=Luigi |last=Villari |author-link=Luigi Villari}}</ref> * [[April 26]] – At [[Philippopolis (Thrace)|Philippopolis]] in the Ottoman Empire (now [[Plovdiv]] in [[Bulgaria]], [[Mercimek Ahmed]] completes his translation of the ''[[Qabus-nama]]'' from the [[Persian language]] into [[Turkish language|Turkish]].<ref>{{EI2|last=Birnbaum|first=Eleazar|title=Merd̲j̲ümek|url=https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/merdjumek-SIM_5162?s.num=79&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.start=60&s.q=ottoman+persian|volume=6}}</ref> * [[May 5]] – With the Tommaso Mocenigo, Doge of Venice, no longer able to protect him, General Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola is beheaded in prison. * [[May 6]] – [[Jan van Eyck]]'s ''[[Ghent Altarpiece]]'' is first presented to the public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Stolen Work of Art {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/story/the-most-stolen-work-of-art |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> * [[May 12]] – The new [[English Parliament]] session is opened at [[Westminster]] by the regents for King [[Henry VI of England]], and [[John Russell (speaker)|Sir John Russell]] is elected by his peers as [[Speaker of the House of Commons]]. * [[June 1]] – In the [[battle of San Romano]], fought in Italy only {{convert|30|mi}} from the capital at [[Firenze|Florence]], the [[Republic of Florence]] cavalry and infantry, led by General [[Niccolò da Tolentino]] defeat the army of the [[Republic of Siena]], led by [[Francesco Piccinino]].<ref>Dennis Showalter, ''Medieval Wars, 500–1500'' (Amber Books, 2013)</ref><ref>Carlo de' Rosmini, ''Dell'istoria di Milano'' (Milan:Manini e Revolta, 1820)</ref> The Renaissance painter [[Paolo Uccello]] later commemorates the event in a [[triptych]] painting.<ref>Randolph Starn and Loren Partridge, "Representing war in the Renaissance: The shield of Paolo Uccello," ''Representations'', No. 5, Winter 1984, 33–65.</ref> * [[June 29]] – At [[Nicosia]] [[John II of Cyprus|John II]] becomes [[Kingdom of Cyprus#List of monarchs of Cyprus|King of Cyprus]] upon the death of his father, [[Janus, King of Cyprus|King Janus]].<ref>{{cite book |title=A Narrative of the Chronicle of Cyprus: 1456-1489 |first=Georgios |last=Boustronios |publisher=State University of New York Press |year=2005 |page=48}}</ref>
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