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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 21]] &ndash; King Henry V summons the English Parliament, directing its members to assemble at Westminster on December 2.  
* [[October 22]] &ndash; [[Ghiyāth al-dīn Naqqāsh]], an envoy of the embassy sent by the [[Timurid dynasty|Timurid]] ruler of [[Persia]], [[Shahrukh Mirza|Mirza Shahrukh]] (r. 1404–1447), to the [[Ming Dynasty]] of China during the reign of the [[Yongle Emperor]] (r. 1402–1424), records his sight and travel over a large floating [[pontoon bridge]] at [[Lanzhou]] (constructed earlier in [[1372]]) as he crosses the [[Yellow River]] on this day. He writes that it was: "...composed of twenty three boats, of great excellence and strength attached together by a long chain of iron as thick as a man's thigh, and this was moored on each side to an iron post as thick as a man's waist extending a distance of ten cubits on the land and planted firmly in the ground, the boats being fastened to this chain by means of big hooks. There were placed big wooden planks over the boats so firmly and evenly that all the animals were made to pass over it without difficulty."
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Beijing]] is officially designated the capital of [[Ming Dynasty]] China, during the same year that the [[Forbidden City]], the seat of government, is completed.
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Hussite Wars]] &ndash; [[Battle of Vyšehrad]]: [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor]], fails and is ejected from [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]].
* [[December 2]] &ndash; The 9th Parliament of King Henry V of England is opened at Westminster, and selects [[Roger Hunt (speaker)|Roger Hunt]] as Speaker of the House of Commons.