1438

Events

• Pachacuti who would later create Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of Cuzco
• January 1 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary
• March 18 - Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Germany
• Eric of Pomerania, King of Sweden, Denmark and Norway looses direct control of Sweden. Karl Knutsson Bonde is elected Regent of Sweden

Births

Deaths

• September 13 - King Duarte of Portugal, by the plague