- May 3 John II becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg
Temür Khan
May 10 Temür Khan declared Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, succeeding his grandfather Kublai Khan
- May 12 Construction of Santa Croce begins in Florence, the largest Franciscan church in the world (consecrated 1442)
- Jun 30 Jews are expelled from Berne, Switzerland
- Jul 5 Pietro del Murrone elected as Pope Coelestinus V
- Dec 10 Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)
- Dec 13 Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months; Celestine hoped to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit.
- Dec 24 Cardinal Benedetto Gaetani chosen as Pope Boniface VIII
Gregory I
Gregory XIII
Julius II
Julius III
Leo X
Pius V