“ Death of Bedford 348 “ Death of Joanna II. of Naples. Disputed 271 succession between Alfonso V. of Aragon and Réné of Provence 1436. Loss of Paris by the English 350 “ Sigismund at last obtains the Bohemian crown 233 1437. Renewed quarrel between Eugenius IV. and the 235 Council of Basel “ Death of Sigismund. Albert V. of Austria 398 succeeds in Hungary and Bohemia 1438. Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges 237 “ Election of Albert II. (Albert V. of Austria) 399 as King of the Romans “ Council at Ferrara, transferred to Florence 236 1439. States-General of Orleans issue the 352 _Ordonnance sur la Gendarmerie_ “ Pragmatic Sanction of Mainz 237 “ Death of Albert II. (Oct. 27) 401 “ Union of Greek and Latin Churches agreed to at 236 Florence “ Deposition of Eugenius IV. by the Council of 238 Basel “ Election of anti-pope Felix V. 238 1440. The _Praguerie_ in France 354 “ Election of Frederick III. as King of the 402 Romans “ Ladislas Postumus becomes Duke of Austria and 409 King of Bohemia “ The Hungarians elect Ladislas III. of Poland 409 “ ‘Prussian League’ formed in opposition to the 463 Teutonic Order 1441. Peace between Milan and Venice. Venice keeps 251 Brescia and Bergamo “ Venice acquires possession of Ravenna 251 1442. Alfonso V. of Aragon finally secures the 271 crown of Naples “ Death of Blanche of Navarre. Her husband, John 485 of Aragon, keeps the crown, excluding his son, Charles of Viana 1443. Eugenius IV. returns to Rome 239 1444. Battle of Varna. Death of Ladislas of Poland 410, and Hungary 508 1445. Organisation of standing army in France 354 “ Ladislas Postumus accepted as King of Hungary 410 “ Æneas Sylvius arranges terms between Frederick 240 III. and Eugenius IV. “ Marriage of Henry VI. of England with Margaret 356 of Anjou 1446. Banishment of the dauphin Louis to Dauphiné 358 1447. Death of Eugenius IV. (Feb. 23), and 241, election of Nicolas V. 272 “ Death of Filippo Maria Visconti. Republic in 252 Milan 1448. Nicolas V. approves concordat with Germany 241, 273