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=== July&ndash;September ===
[[File:Ernest the Iron.jpg|100px|thumb|Ernst der Eiserne]]
* [[July 15]] &ndash; [[Ernest, Duke of Austria|Ernst der Eiserne]] of the Habsburg line becomes the new Duke of Austria, specifically for [[Inner Austria]] comprising the duchies of [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]], [[Duchy of Carinthia|Carinthia]] and [[Duchy of Carniola|Carniola]], succeeding his father, the late [[William, Duke of Austria|Wilhelm the Courteous]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The End of the Middle Age, 1273-1453 |first=Eleanor Constance |last=Lodge |publisher=Methuen & Company Limited |year=1924 }}</ref>
* [[July 16]] &ndash; In China's invasion of Vietnam, the Chinese imperial court issues the "Edict to Invade Annam", listing "20 formal reasons" for preparing to conquer the Kingdoms of Annam and Dai Ngu.<ref>{{citation |surname=Wade |given=Geoff |chapter=The "native office" system |title=Asian Expansions: The Historical Experiences of Polity Expansion in Asia |editor-given1=Geoff |editor-surname1=Wade |publisher=Taylor & Francis |year=2014 | page=70|isbn=9781135043537}}</ref>
* [[August 14]] &ndash; [[Chen Yanxiang]] and his crew of 121 people, sailing to [[Korea]] for trading, come under attack by 15 ships of Japanese pirates ([[Wokou]]) off of the coast of [[Gunsan]]. After a two day battle, 80 of the crew are dead and the ship is looted, but remains with Chen. The 40 survivors are able to reach the Korean shore.<ref name=Cho/>
* [[August 25]] &ndash; China's Imperial Court sends a delegation to [[Inwa]], capital of the [[Kingdom of Ava]] (now part of Myanmar) to persuade King [[Minkhaung I]] to cease attacking the [[Shan States]], particularly [[Mohnyin]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Fernquest | first=Jon | title=Crucible of War: Burma and the Ming in the Tai Frontier Zone (1382–1454) | journal=SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research | volume=4 | number=2 | date=Autumn 2006 | url=https://www.soas.ac.uk/sbbr/editions/file64417.pdf}}</ref>
* [[September 11]] &ndash; At [[Appenzell]] in what is now [[Switzerland]], a group of nobles create the "[[:de:Sankt Jörgenschild|Order of St. George's Shield]]" at [[Hegau]] in the [[Duchy of Swabia]].<ref>[https://hls-dhs-dss.ch/de/articles/017160/2011-01-21/ "St. Jörgenschild"], in Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz online</ref>