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Year '1428' was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1428

Births

Deaths

Events of 1428

★ October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. Jean de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders.

★ October 24 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury is mortally wounded in an unsuccessful assault on Orléans. He is succeeded in command by William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk.

★ August 30 - Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne of Japan.

★ Itzcóatl becomes ruler of the Aztecs. He eventually begins the construction of Tenochtitlan.

★ The Aztec Triple Alliance also known as ''The Aztec Empire'' forms with the alliance of three Aztec city-states: Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopán.

★ A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in London.

★ Voices tell Joan of Arc that the dauphin have to be crowned and English expelled from France.

Births

★ May 3 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (died 1495)

★ September 21 - Jingtai Emperor of China (died 1457)

★ November 22 - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (died 1471)

★ ''date unknown'' - Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (died 1478)

★ ''probable'' - Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)

Deaths

★ February 3 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (born 1386)

★ June 15 - Paulus Venetus, Catholic theologian

★ August 27 - Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (born 1370)

★ August 30 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (born 1401)

★ November 3 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (born 1388)

★ December 27 - Elizabeth Lacković, Croatian-Hungarian noblewoman

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat

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★ Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco

★ ''probable''

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★ Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (born 1401)

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★ John Purvey, English theologian (born 1353)