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=== April–June === * [[April 1]] – [[Charles, Prince of Viana|Prince Carlos of Viana]] legally becomes the [[King of Navarre]] in Spain upon the death of his mother, [[Blanche I of Navarre|Queen Blanca]], who had ruled since 1425. * [[April 20]] — The [[Council of Florence]], led by Pope Eugene IV, declares that the members of the [[Council of Basel]] are heretics and votes to excommunicate them, as well as affirming the superiority of the Pope over the Councils in the bull ''Etsi non dubitemus''. In 1440, the Council of Basel had declared Eugene IV to be a heretic, deposed him as Pope, and excommunicated him.<ref>{{citation | title = Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | publisher = Oxford University Press | year = 2005 |isbn=978-0-19-280290-3 | chapter = Florence, Council of}}.</ref> * [[April 26]] — [[Pope Eugene IV]] orders the transfer of the [[Council of Florence]] to [[Rome]]<ref>Mandell Creighton, ''A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation'']. Volume 2. (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1882) pp. 217–220</ref> * [[May 3]] – In Denmark, a rebel army of 25,000 peasants led by [[Henrik Reventlow]] repels an attack by Swedish nobles, led by [[:da:Eske Jensen Brock|Eske Jensen Brock]]. The peasants prepare a trap near their camp at [[:da:Slaget ved Skt. Jørgensbjerg|St. Jørgensbjerg]] before the [[Christopher of Bavaria#Peasant rebellions|Battle of St. Jorgen's Hill]], placing trees and soil over a swamp, and Brock's army of knights becomes mired down, where almost all (including Brock) are slaughtered.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Landbrug,_skovbrug_og_gartneri/Godsejer/Henrik_Tagesen_Reventlow |title=Eske Brock, d. 1441 |date=18 July 2011 |publisher = Den Store Danske|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://runeberg.org/dbl/3/0090.html|title= Brock, Eske Jensen |publisher = Den Store Danske|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref> * [[May 8]] – The [[Siege of Creil]] is Started on orders of King Charles VII of France against the English held town and council. [[William Peyto (died 1464)|William Peyto]] surrenders on May 25.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Barker|first=Juliet R. V.|title=Conquest : the English kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War|publisher=Abacus|location=London|year=2010|page=287 |isbn=978-0-349-12202-1|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark}}</ref> * [[June 6]] – The [[siege of Pontoise]] is started by with 5,000 troops led by King [[Charles VII of France]] and [[Arthur III, Duke of Brittany|Arthur de Richemont]], Duke of Brittany, to capture a 1,200 member English Army garrison located on the [[Île-de-France]] near [[Paris]].<ref name=Barker>{{Cite book |last=Barker |first=Juliet R. V. |title=Conquest: The English kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War |publisher=Abacus |location=London |year=2010 |pages=287–292 |isbn=978-0-349-12202-1 |url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark}}</ref> The siege continues for three months until the garrison surrenders. * [[June 7]] – The [[University of Bordeaux]] is established by [[Pope Eugene IV]] while [[Bordeaux]] is under the control of France.{{cite web |title=Ressources |url=https://www.u-bordeaux.fr/universite/espace-presse/Ressources-presse |website=Université de Bordeaux |date=27 February 2024 |access-date=4 June 2022 |archive-date=4 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604024420/https://www.u-bordeaux.fr/universite/espace-presse/Ressources-presse |url-status=live}} Closed in 1793 during the [[French Revolution]], it will reopen in [[1896]] and continue to be in existence 280 years later. * [[June 27]] – The [[Siege of Novo Brdo (1440–1441)|siege of Novo Brdo]] in [[Serbia]] ends after eight months as Ottoman Empire troops, led by the Sultan [[Murad II]] and General Hadım Şehabeddin guarantee the safe evacuation of the surviving Ragusan defenders, accept the Serbian surrender.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Setton |first1=Kenneth M. |author-link1=Kenneth M. Setton |last2=Hazard |first2=Harry W. |last3=Zacour |first3=Norman P. |title=A History of the Crusades: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TKaPrQPFIAMC&pg=PA267|date=1 June 1990|publisher=Univ of Wisconsin Press |page=267 |isbn=978-0-299-10744-4}}</ref>
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