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SHOPPER'S DELIGHT

EVENTS

February 21 - The Prussian Confederation is formed.

October 22 - Gilles De Rais confesses and is sentenced to death.

Itzcóatl , Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan dies and is succeeded by Moctezuma I , Moctezuma Ilhuicamina.

End of term for Regent Of Sweden Karl Knutsson Bonde .

Murad II lays siege to Belgrade . The city is heavily damaged, but the defenders' use of Artillery prevents the Turks from capturing the city.

Eton College is founded by Henry VI .

BIRTHS

January 22 - Ivan III Of Russia (d. 1505 )

February 22 - King Ladislaus Posthumus Of Bohemia And Hungary (died 1457 )

Pedrarias Dávila , Spanish colonial administrator (died 1531 )

Kabir , Indian mystic (died 1518 )

Jorge Manrique , Spanish poet (died 1479 )

DEATHS

March 9 - St Frances Of Rome , Italian nun (born 1384 )

March 20 - Sigismond Korybut , Grand Prince of Lithuania

September 30 - Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey De Ruthyn , English soldier and politician

October 26 - Gilles De Rais , French soldier (born 1404 )

November 13 - Joan Beaufort, Countess Of Westmoreland

Frederick I, Margrave Of Brandenburg (born 1371 )

Itzcóatl , Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan

Johann Schiltberger , German traveller and writer (born 1381 )

Giovanni Vitelleschi , Italian bishop and soldier

Henry Wardlaw , Scottish church leader