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- January 8 - Pope Nicholas V publishes Romanus Pontifex, an encyclical addressed to King Afonso V of Portugal, which sanctions the conquest of non-Christian lands, and the reduction of native non-Christian populations to 'perpetual slavery'.
- May 22 - The First Battle of St. Albans is fought in Hertfordshire, England, beginning the Wars of the Roses.