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Charles VII dies and is succeeded on the French throne by his son, Louis XI. Influenced by Pietro Barbo, who will become Pope Paul II in three years, the new king abolishes the Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges.
Henry VI is deposed from the English throne after a royal army is defeated by the Yorkists at the second Battle of St. Albans. Lancastrian troops are later routed at the Battle of Towton and the Duke of York is proclaimed king as Edward IV.
Mehmed II occupies Trebizond, the last territory of the Byzantine Empire to be conquered by the Turks.
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