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=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 7]] &ndash; [[Jean de Montagu]], [[Grand Master of France]] and a top advisor to the mentally unstable King [[Charles VI of France]], is arrested on orders of [[John the Fearless]], [[Duke of Burgundy]]. Montagu is public beheaded 10 days later at the [[Gibbet of Montfaucon]] in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Knecht |first=Robert |year=2007 |title=The Valois: Kings of France 1328–1589 |publisher=A&C Black|page=54}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] &ndash; 
**Representatives of the [[Venetian Republic]] (now part of Italy) and the [[Zeta under the Balšići|Principality of Zeta]] (now part of Serbia) sign a peace treaty to halt the [[First Scutari War]] for one year. 
**King [[Henry IV of England]] summons the [[English Parliament]] to assemble, starting on January 27.
* [[November 23]] &ndash; King [[Henry IV of England]] sends a letter to all leading nobles, including warning them to have no further communication or entreaty with the Welsh rebel [[Owain Glyndŵr]].<ref>"Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn", in ''Oxford History of England'', 1399-1485, pp. 37-51</ref>
* [[December 2]] &ndash; The [[University of Leipzig]] opens.<ref name=Leipzig600/>
* [[December 9]] &ndash; [[Louis II of Anjou]] founds the [[Aix-Marseille University|University of Aix-en-Provence]].