Year '1438' was a
common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar.
Events of 1438
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January 1 -
Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of
Hungary.
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March 18 -
Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of
Germany.
★
Eric of Pomerania,
King of Sweden,
Denmark and
Norway loses direct control of Sweden.
Karl Knutsson Bonde is elected Regent of Sweden.
★
Pachacuti who would later create
Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of
Cuzco.
★ In
Italy, the siege of
Brescia by the
condottieri troops of
Niccolò Piccinino was raised after the arrival of
Scaramuccia da Forlì.
Births
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December 1 -
Peter II, Duke of Bourbon (died
1503)
★ ''date unknown'' -
Husayn Bayqarah, Timurid ruler of Herat (died
1506)
★ ''probable'' -
Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English nobleman and military commander during the Wars of the Roses (died
1471)
Deaths
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April 24 -
Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (born
1429)
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September 13 - King
Edward of Portugal (born
1391)
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October 16 -
Anne of Gloucester, English noblewoman (born
1383)
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October 20 -
Jacopo della Quercia, Sienese sculptor (born c.
1374)