1443

Year '1443' was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1443

Births

Deaths

Events of 1443

★ July 22 - The Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl is an indecisive defeat for Zürich.

★ November 28 - John Hunyadi defeats Turks and Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks at the Battle of Nis

★ Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II.

★ The Zhihua Si Buddhist Temple (智化寺) was built in Beijing, China at the order of Wang Zhen, the chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Births

★ January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500)

★ February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490)

★ May 17 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460)

★ May 31 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (died 1509)

★ December 5 - Pope Julius II (died 1513)

★ Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist (died 1485)

★ John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English Lancastrian leader (died 1513)

★ Piero del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (died 1496)

★ Philip II, Duke of Savoy (died 1497)

★ Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and freedom fighting rebel (d. 1492)

★ Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (died 1449)

Deaths

★ January 28 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France

★ April 12 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury

★ August 16 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (born 1434)

★ Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (born 1370)

★ Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (born 1383)

★ Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1363)