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

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January–December

  • July 22 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl (Old Zürich War): The forces of the city of Zürich are defeated but the Swiss Confederacy have insufficient strength to besiege and take the city.
  • November 8 – Battle of Niš: John Hunyadi and the army of the Crusade of Varna defeat three armies of the Ottoman Empire and capture the city of Niš in modern-day Serbia; Skanderbeg deserts the Ottoman camp and goes to Albania.
  • November 28 – Skanderbeg and his forces, rebelling against the Ottoman Empire, liberate Krujë, in Middle Albania, and raise the Albanian flag.

    • Date unknown

  • Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão penetrates the Arguin Gulf off the west coast of Africa.
  • King Sejong the Great establishes Hangul as the native alphabet of the Korean language.
  • Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II.
  • The Buddhist Zhihua Temple (智化寺) is built in Beijing at the order of Wang Zhen, chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of Ming dynasty China.

    • Births

  • January 27 – Albert III, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
  • February 2 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1486)
  • February 12 – Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Italian noble (d. 1508)
  • February 23 – Matthias Corvinus, of Hungary (d. 1490)
  • February – Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (d. 1449)
  • May 17 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460)
  • May 29 – Victor, Duke of Münsterberg, Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (d. 1500)
  • May 31 or 1441 – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of King Henry VII, grandmother of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1509)
  • June 29 – Anthony Browne, English knight (d. 1506)
  • September 9 – Muhammad Jaunpuri (d. 1505)
  • November 10 – Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein, Germany noble (d. 1511)
  • December 1 – Magdalena of France, French princess (d. 1495)
  • December 5 – Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
  • probable
  • Piero del Pollaiolo, Italian painter (d. 1496)
  • Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and freedom fighting rebel (d. 1492)

    • Deaths

  • January 16 – Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
  • January 28 – Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
  • February – Guidantonio da Montefeltro, count of Urbino (b. 1377)
  • March 24 – James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (b. 1371)
  • April 12 – Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
  • May 9 – Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
  • June 5 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (b. 1402)
  • August 16 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
  • September 18 – Lewis of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Rouen
  • date unknown – Infante Diogo, Constable of Portugal
  • probable – Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1363)

    • References

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