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Events

January 23 - William Cheyne becomes the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, replacing the late William Hankford.
February 1 - While negotiating his release from captivity, King James of Scotland is allowed to be married to Joan Beaufort in London, with a ceremony taking place at Southwark Cathedral.
February 12 - The coronation of Sophia of Halshany, wife of Władysław II Jagiełło, as Queen consort of Poland takes place at the Kraków Cathedral.
February 14 - Wars in Lombardy: The army of the Florentine Republic, led by Captain Pandolfo III Malatesta, storms the city of Romagna.
March 28 - King James I of Scotland is released after having been held captive in England for 18 years. James is freed after putting his royal seal on a ransom treaty of £40,000, secured by Scottish hostages taking his place, as agreed at Durham, England.

April 5 - King James returns to Scotland for the first time since 1406, after being escorted to the border along with his wife Joan Beaufort, Queen consort, by English and Scottish nobles.
May 21 - The coronation of James I as King of Scotland takes place at Scone Abbey in the Scottish town of Scone. After the ceremony King James performs his first knighthood ceremony, honoring 18 prominent nobles.
June 2 - Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo, for the Kingdom of Naples, defeat Braccio da Montone, for Alfonso V of Aragon.

July 28 - The army of the Duchy of Milan, led by the Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, defeats the Republic of Florence's army, led by Carlo I Malatesta, in the Battle of Zagonara.
August 17 - Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford, defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Archibald, Earl of Douglas. Alençon is captured and Douglas killed.
September 7 - Prince Zhu Gaochi of China becomes the Hongxi Emperor of the Ming dynasty, beginning the Hongxi era, after the August 12 death of his father, the Yongle Emperor.
September 13 - After the signing of a treaty between the different factions in the Hussite Wars, the Bohemian campaign is completed in the modern-day Czech Republic.
September 23 - The Hussites, led by Jan Žižka, begin marching towards North Moravia to suppress the ongoing rebellion there.

October 11 - Prokop the Great takes command of the Hussites after the death of Jan Žižka from the plague.
November 1 - Zhu Zhanji is designated as the Crown Prince of Ming dynasty China by his father, the Hongxi Emperor. The Emperor dies eight months later and Zhu Zhanji becomes the Xuande Emperor on June 27, 1425.
November - The Bourges astronomical clock, designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in Bourges Cathedral as a gift to the town from Charles VII of France.
December 10 - Radu II Chelul becomes the Prince of Wallachia for the third time, taking over from Dan II after an Ottoman invasion.

Dalmatia: Aliota Capenna, lord of Lesina, offers his realm to the Republic of Venice.