12 February - Hundred Years' War: English forces under John Talbot capture Pontoise.
13 November - King Henry VI comes of age and takes over the rule of England and its possessions.
Almshouses and school established at Ewelme in Oxfordshire by William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Alice (née Chaucer). By the 21st century this will form the earliest school building in the United Kingdom still in use as a local authority school.
