May 8 » Joan of Arc lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
June 11 » Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau.
June 12 » Hundred Years' War: On the second day of the Battle of Jargeau, Joan of Arc leads the French army in their capture of the city and the English commander, William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk.
June 18 » French forces under the leadership of Joan of Arc defeat the main English army under Sir John Fastolf at the Battle of Patay. This turns the tide of the Hundred Years' War.
July 17 » Hundred Years' War: Charles VII of France is crowned the King of France in the Reims Cathedral after a successful campaign by Joan of Arc.
November 24 » Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
January 2 » Reconquista: The Emirate of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, surrenders.
January 16 » The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented to Queen Isabella I.
March 31 » Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity or face expulsion.
August 3 » Christopher Columbus sets sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.
September 6 » Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
December 25 » The carrack Santa María, commanded by Christopher Columbus, runs onto a reef off Haiti due to an improper watch.
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