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Events

Politics and world affairs

Flanders/France

1 March: In Paris, the uprising of the Maillotins against the government of the dukes breaks out. The insurgents plunder the town hall and various townhouses of wealthy citizens. There are also uprisings in Rouen. The notables can end the uprising only by paying a sum of money.
2 May: An insurrectionary army of Flanders guilds from Ghent under Philipp van Artevelde defeats a Flanders army of knights under Ludwig II of Flanders. Bruges and Ypres then join the rebels. Ludwig is expelled from Flanders. With the support of his son-in-law Philip II. From Burgundy he seeks help in France.
27 November: In the Battle of Roosebeke, the Flemish cities are defeated by a French army of knights sent by King Charles VI, which supports the future legacy of Flanders, Philip II of Burgundy. Philipp van Artevelde died in battle.

Iberian Peninsula

After defeating the Portuguese fleet in the naval battle off Saltés in the middle of last year, Fernando Sánchez de Tovar sails with the Castilian fleet to Lisbon, which is besieged by land and sea in the third Ferdinandine war. At the same time, there is friction in the city between the Portuguese army of Ferdinand I and his English allies under John of Gaunt, who repeatedly plunder Portuguese property without being prevented by their commanders.

Holy Roman Empire

Andrea Contarini died on June 5. He was the first doge of Venice to be given a funeral speech by the state. His successor is Michele Morosini, who, however, after only four months in office, falls victim to the plague on 15 October, as well as another 19,000 people. The new Doge will be Antonio Venier at the end of the year. The news of his election reaches him on the island of Crete, where he works for the Republic. Upon his arrival, he is solemnly picked up at the Lido with the Bucintoro. His choice is celebrated for a whole year with festivals, balls, regattas and bullfights.
June 13: Ringgenberger Handel
September 30: Trieste, which has been in conflict with the Republic of Venice for 180 years, puts itself under the patronage of the Habsburg Leopold III, the Duke of Krain.

October 4: After the death of Luigi II. Gonzaga becomes his son Francesco I. Gonzaga Count of Mantua.
13 November: One year after the death of Frederick the Strict, Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia, the five heirs of the Wettine lands decide to divide the territory. In the Chemnitz division, Balthasar, brother of the deceased, receives large parts of the Landgrave of Thuringia, Wilhelm I. the one-eyed, the second brother, receives the Margrave of Meissen. The minor sons Friedrich, Wilhelm II and Georg, receive the Easterland, Lan