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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 18]] &ndash; The [[University of Ferrara]] is reopened in Italy, after having been closed for 48 years.<ref>Paul F. Grendler, ''The Universities of the Italian Renaissance'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002) p.101</ref>
* [[November 18]] &ndash; A few days before his 15th birthday, [[Emperor Yingzong of Ming]] assumes full control of the Empire of China, two days before the death of his grandmother and regent [[Empress Zhang (Hongxi)|Empress Dowager Chengxiaozhao]].<ref name=Twitchett/>
* [[December 13]] &ndash; King [[Wladyslaw III of Poland]], who had been elected as King of Hungary in 1440, and [[Elisabeth of Luxembourg]], widow of King Albert of Hungary and mother of [[Ladislaus the Posthumous]], whom she arranged to be crowned king, reach an agreement in the Hungaryian city of [[Győr]], brokered by Cardinal [[Julian Cesarini]].<ref>{{citation | last = Christianson | first = Gerald | title = Cesarini, the conciliar cardinal: the Basel years, 1431–1438 | place = S[ank]t Ottilien | publisher = EOS-Verlag | year = 1979 | ISBN = 978-3-88096-074-9}}</ref> Elizabeth dies at the age of 33, six days after the meeting, leading to rumors that she had been poisoned by King Wladyslaw.
* [[December 18]] &ndash; In Italy [[Tomaso di Campofregoso]], [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]], is removed from office by a group of armed men, led by [[Raffaele Adorno]] and  Giovanni Antonio Fieschi, who invade the Ducal Palace and force him to leave.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Sergio |last1=Buonadonna |first2=Mario|last2=Mercenaro |title=Rosso doge: I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797 (Red Doges: The Doges of the Republic of Genoa from 1339 to 1797 |year=2007 |publisher=De Ferrari Editori |location=Genoa}}</ref>
* [[December 19]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene IV]] issues the [[papal bull]] ''[[Illius qui se pro divini]]'' granting full remission of sins to any Christian who had participated in the Crusades by Prince Henry the Navigator against the [[Saracens]].<ref>''Monumenta Henricina'', VII (Coimbra 1964), no. 228, pp. 336–337. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WDNOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA21 Bullarium patronatus Portugalliae regum in ecclesiis Africae, Asiae atque Oceaniae]: bullas, brevia, epistolas, decreta actaque Sanctae Sedis ab Alexandro III ad hoc usque tempus amplectens'', Volume 1 (Olisponae: Ex Typographia nationali, 1868), p. 21.</ref>