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

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January–December

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

    • Date unknown

  • 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—and defeats Azcapotzalco to win control of the Valley of Mexico.
  • The beginning of the Valais witch trials.
  • A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in London in England.
  • Voices tell Joan of Arc that Charles VII of France must be crowned and the English expelled from France.
  • Lam Sơn uprising: Lê Lợi, founder of the Lê Dynasty in Vietnam, liberates Annam (the territory occupied by Ming Dynasty China in 1407) and restores the kingdom as Đại Việt.

    • Births

  • February 3 – Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1458)
  • April 7 – William Percy, late medieval Bishop of Carlisle (d. 1462)
  • May 3 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
  • July 4 – Filippo Strozzi the Elder, Italian banker (d. 1491)
  • September 21 – Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
  • November 2 – Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1483)
  • November 22 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (d. 1471)
  • December 4 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (1429–1511) (d. 1511)
  • date unknown – Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (d. 1478)
  • probable – Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)

    • Deaths

  • February 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
  • June 12 – Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat
  • August 27 – John I of Münsterberg, Duke of Ziebice (b. 1370)
  • August 30 – Emperor Shōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 1401)
  • Autumn – Masaccio, Italian painter (b. 1401)
  • November 3 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
  • December 27 – Elizabeth Lacković, Croatian-Hungarian noblewoman
  • date unknown
  • Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
  • Paul of Venice, Catholic theologian
  • probable – John Purvey, English theologian (b. 1353)

    • References

    1428 Wikipedia
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