1431

Events

January 9 – Pretrial investigations for Joan of Arc begin at Rouen in France, which is under English occupation.
February 21 – The trial of Joan of Arc for heresy begins.
March 11 – Cardinal Gabriele Condulmer is elected as the successor to Pope Martin V and takes the name of Pope Eugene IV as the 207th leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
March – Alexander I Aldea takes the throne of Wallachia with support from Alexander I of Moldavia.

April 4 – In Poland, Konrad V Kantner, Duke of Silesia, leads a raid against the Hussites at Gliwice.
April 5 – In Germany, Jacob of the House of ZÃÂ¤hringen becomes the new Margrave of Baden-Baden upon the death of his father, Bernard I.
May 30 – 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen.
June 6 – The Battle on the Po takes place on the Po River in Italy near Cremona as the navy of the Duchy of Milan defeats a fleet of 85 galleys of the Republic of Venice. The Venetians lose over 2,500 men, as well as 28 of the galley warships and 42 transport ships.
June 16 – The Teutonic Knights and ÃÂ vitrigaila sign the Treaty of Christmemel, creating an anti-Polish alliance.
June 25 – The Polish army invades the Principality of Volhynia, part of modern-day Ukraine, and captures much of the territory.

July 1 – Reconquista: In Spain, the army of the Crown of Castile, led by ÃÂlvaro de Luna, defeats the Moors of the Emirate of Granada, led by the Sultan Muhammad IX, in the Battle of La Higueruela, fought at Vega de Granada.
July 2 – In the Battle of BulgnÃÂ©ville over who will be the next Duke of Lorraine, Count Antoine de VaudÃÂ©mont, supported by Burgundian and English troops, defeats RenÃÂ© of Anjou, who is supported by the Kingdom of France.
July 25 – An ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church, originally called by Pope Martin V before his death in February, convenes at Basel in Switzerland.
August 14 – Hussites under Prokop the Great and Sigismund Korybut defeat the forces of Frederick of Brandenburg at the Battle of DomaÃÂ¾lice.
August 21 – The navy of the Republic of Venice, commanded by Admiral Pietro Loredan, gains a major victory over the Republic of Genoa in a battle off of the coast of Rapallo, but fails to overthrow the Doge Battista Spinola
August 26 (September 2 N.S.) – At the Polish city of Chortoryisk, representatives of ÃÂ vitrigaila, Grand Duke of Lithuania and of the King of Poland, WÃÂadysÃÂaw II JagieÃÂÃÂo agree to a truce to end the Lutsk War.
September 13 – The army of Poland defeats the Teutonic Knights at the ,
September – Battle of Inverlochy: Donald Balloch defeats the Royalists in Scotland.

October 15 – The Roman Catholic Council of Basel issues a formal invitation to the Hussites to take part in its deliberations.
October 30 – The Treaty of Medina del Campo is signed, consolidating peace between Portugal and Castille.
November 9 – The Hungarians defeat the Hussite army at the Battle of Ilava.
November 18 – A treaty in Suceava concludes an attack on Poland, launched this year by Alexander I of Moldavia during the Lithuanian Civil War.
December 13 – Vlad, future Prince of Wallachia as Vlad II Dracul, is made a member of the Order of the Dragon. Because of this, his son Vlad III the Impaler will inspire the literary figure named Dracula.
December 14 – The first full meeting of the Roman Catholic council at Basel is convened, but Pope Eugene IV and the council members are not able to agree on principles.
December 16 – Henry VI of England is crowned King of France at Notre-Dame de Paris.

The University of Poitiers is founded.
The Ayutthaya Kingdom besieges Angkor and sacks the Khmer capital, ending the Khmer Empire.
Nezahualcoyotl is crowned Tlatoani of the Kingdom of Texcoco.
ByzantineÃ¢ÂÂOttoman Wars: The Ottoman governor of Thessaly Turahan Bey breaks through the Hexamilion wall for the second time, and ravages the Peloponnese Peninsula.</onlyinclude>