1428


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''


Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat


Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco

★ ''probable''


Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (born 1401)


John Purvey, English theologian (born 1353)

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