Year 1418 ( MCDXVIII) was a

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Events

January–December

* January 31 – Mircea I of Wallachia is succeeded by Michael I of Wallachia. * April 22 – The

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ends. * May 29 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, captures Paris. * July – The English Siege of Rouen begins. * September 18 – King Taejong (r. 1400-1418) of the Joseon dynasty abdicates the throne. King Sejong ascends to the throne.

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* João Gonçalves Zarco leads one of the first Kingdom of Portugal, Portuguese expeditions to the Madeira Islands.

Births

* January 9 – Juan Ramón Folch III de Cardona, Aragonese admiral (d. 1485) * March 14 – Philip II, Count of Nassau-Weilburg (1429–1492) (d. 1492) * April 20 – Earl David of Rookwood * May 16 – John II of Cyprus, King of Cyprus and Armenia and also titular King of Jerusalem from 1432 to 1458 (d. 1458) * August 5 – Malatesta Novello, Italian condottiero (d. 1465) * September 24 – Anne of Cyprus, Italian noble (d. 1462) * November 2 – Gaspare Nadi, Italian builder famous for his diary (''diario'') (d. 1504) * November 20 – Robert de Morley, 6th Baron Morley, Lord of Morley Saint Botolph (d. 1442) * December 8 – Queen Jeonghui, Queen consort of Korea (d. 1483) * December 12 – Archduke Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) * ''date unknown'' – Peter II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1457) ** Isotta Nogarola, Italian writer and intellectual (d. 1466)

Deaths

* January 31 – Mircea I of Wallachia, ruler of Wallachia (b. 1355) * March 22 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian * June 2 – Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile * June 12 – Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360) * November 25 – Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (b. 1401) * December 11 – Louis of Piedmont (b. 1364) * ''date unknown'' ** Ixtlilxochitl I, ruler of the Mesoamerican city-state of Texcoco (Aztec site), Texcoco, and ally of the Aztecs ** Foelke Kampana, Frisian lady and regent (b. 1355)

References

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