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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 2]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Kunovica]] is fought between the Christian crusaders, led by [[John Hunyadi]], and the Muslim armies of the Ottoman Empire in what is now [[Serbia]]. After having retreated 10 days earlier following their loss in the [[Battle of Zlatitsa]], Hunyadi and [[Władysław III of Poland|King Wladyslaw III of Hungary]] defeat the Ottoman forces and take several of their commanders as prisoners of war, including Mahmud Bey, son-in-law of the Sultan Murad II.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | article=Turakhān Beg |first=Franz |last=Babinger | author-link=Franz Babinger |encyclopedia=E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913–1936, Volume VIII |editor-first=Martijn Theodoor |editor-last=Houtsma |publisher=BRILL |location=Leiden |year=1987 |orig-year=1936 |page=25 |isbn=90-04-09794-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ro--tXw_hxMC&pg=PA876}}</ref>
* [[February 15]] &ndash; [[Stjepan Vukčić Kosača]], the [[Grand Duke of Bosnia]], signs a treaty with the King Alfonso of Naples, agreeing to become his vassal in exchange for help against the Republic of Venice.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ćirković |first=Sima |author-link=Sima Ćirković |title=Herceg Stefan Vukčić-Kosača i njegovo doba |trans-title=Herceg Stefan Vukčić-Kosača and his time |oclc=4864621 |publisher=Naučno delo SANU |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NI8OAQAAIAAJ |year=1964a |page=289|language=sr}}</ref>
* [[March 2]] &ndash; The [[League of Lezhë]], an alliance of [[Albanian principalities]], is established in [[Lezhë]]; [[George Kastrioti Skanderbeg]] is proclaimed commander of the [[History of Ottoman Albania|Albanian resistance]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Frashëri|first=Kristo |title=Gjergj Kastrioti Skënderbeu: jeta dhe vepra, 1405–1468|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vwR3PQAACAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Botimet Toena|page=135 |language=sq|isbn=99927-1-627-4}}</ref>