Joan of Arc Acquitted
Jul 7 A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death
- Jul 22 Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats Sultan Murad II
- Aug 24 The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed
- Oct 17 The University of Greifswald is established, making it the second oldest university in northern continental Europe (also for a period the oldest in Sweden, and Prussia)
- Dec 5 Earthquake strikes Naples, killing an estimated 35,000 people