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* The [[Malacca Sultanate]] is established at Melaka Darul Azim (modern-day Melaka Darul Azim, Malaysia).
* [[Conquest of the Canary Islands]]: King [[Henry III of Castile]] sends French explorer [[Jean de Béthencourt]] to colonize the [[Canary Islands]]. Béthencourt receives the title King of the Canary Islands but recognizes Henry as his overlord.
* The [[Republic of Genoa]] regains control of [[Monaco]].
* The [[Aq Qoyunlu]] ("White Sheep Turkmen") tribal confederation, in modern-day northern [[Iraq]] and [[Iran]], moves its capital from [[Amida (Roman city)|Amida]] to [[Diyarbakır]].
* [[Moldavia]] becomes a vassal of the [[Kingdom of Poland (1385–1569)|Kingdom of Poland]] in order to protect itself from an invasion by [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungary]].
* [[Maria II Zaccaria]] succeeds her husband, [[Pedro de San Superano]], as regent of the [[Principality of Achaea]] (modern-day southern [[Greece]]).
* Conchobar an Abaidh mac Maelsechlainn O Cellaigh succeeds Maelsechlainn mac William Buidhe O Cellaigh, as King of [[Uí Maine]] in modern-day [[County Galway]] and [[County Roscommon]] in [[Ireland]].
* The [[University of Würzburg]] is founded.
* The [[Gangnido]] map of the world is completed in [[Joseon dynasty]] [[Korea]].
* A [[Great comet]] is sighted.
* A big fire in the city of [[Utrecht]] starts near the [[Jacobikerk]].</onlyinclude>