23 events the sources record for this year, grouped by region.
What happened
South Asia (1)
In the fifth year of Xuande, when Zheng He and others went to read the edict to the countries, the detached fleet reached Calicut; the inner eunuch Grand Eunuch Hong and others saw Calicut people going to Tianfang, selected seven interpreters and shipped musk and porcelain on that country's boats. In a round trip of one year they brought back giraffes (qilin), lions, ostriches and a true copy of the Paradise painting (天堂圖). (Ma Huan, Yingya Shenglan (Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores) 瀛涯勝覽·天方國)
At dawn on 29 March the Turks cross the walls by ladders and gaps on the Trigonion side, and the city falls. (John Anagnostes, On the Fall of Thessalonica Narratio §12–13 (Bonn 503–507))
After the fall the Turks round up about 7,000 inhabitants, bind them as prisoners and confine them in tents in their camp. (John Anagnostes, On the Fall of Thessalonica Narratio §15 (Bonn 510–511))
The Turks tear down the altars of churches and monasteries, burn icons, open saints' tombs and seize treasures and medicines. (John Anagnostes, On the Fall of Thessalonica Narratio §16 (Bonn 514–516))
Murad releases or disperses the prisoners for ransom, then moves his army to the banks of the Vardarios (Vardar) river and camps. (John Anagnostes, On the Fall of Thessalonica Narratio §17–18 (Bonn 517–519))
About a thousand people, those released for ransom and those who had fled, return, and the city's population begins to revive. (John Anagnostes, On the Fall of Thessalonica Narratio §19 (Bonn 520–522))
Sphrantzes is seized by the people of Patras (taken prisoner). (Sphrantzes, Chronicle Bonn p.155)
Sphrantzes is appointed governor of Patras (praefectura Patrensi). (Sphrantzes, Chronicle Bonn p.157)
With the people's love and the strength of the army, he decides on the great enterprise of conquering the Kingdom of Chile. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro VII cap. XVIII (vol.2, l.11519))