1443
Year 1443 (MCDXLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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| Gregorian calendar | 1443 MCDXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2196 |
| Armenian calendar | 892 ԹՎ ՊՂԲ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6193 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1364–1365 |
| Bengali calendar | 850 |
| Berber calendar | 2393 |
| English Regnal year | 21 Hen. 6 – 22 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1987 |
| Burmese calendar | 805 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6951–6952 |
| Chinese calendar | 壬戌年 (Water Dog) 4139 or 4079 — to — 癸亥年 (Water Pig) 4140 or 4080 |
| Coptic calendar | 1159–1160 |
| Discordian calendar | 2609 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1435–1436 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5203–5204 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1499–1500 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1364–1365 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4543–4544 |
| Holocene calendar | 11443 |
| Igbo calendar | 443–444 |
| Iranian calendar | 821–822 |
| Islamic calendar | 846–847 |
| Japanese calendar | Kakitsu 3 (嘉吉３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1358–1359 |
| Julian calendar | 1443 MCDXLIII |
| Korean calendar | 3776 |
| Minguo calendar | 469 before ROC 民前469年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −25 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1985–1986 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳水狗年 (male Water-Dog) 1569 or 1188 or 416 — to — 阴水猪年 (female Water-Pig) 1570 or 1189 or 417 |
Events
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
- In Moldavia, the conflict between brothers and co-rulers Iliaș and Stephen II reignites, and Stephen captures Iliaș and blinds him, thus remaining sole ruler of the country.
- 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.
- A powerful earthquake destroys the Timișoara Fortress in Kingdom of Hungary
Births
- January 27 – Albert III, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
- February 2 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony (d. 1484)
- February 12 – Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Italian noble (d. 1508)
- February 23 – Matthias Corvinus, of Hungary (d. 1490)
- 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, English noble, mother of King Henry VII, grandmother of King Henry VIII of England (d. 1509)[1]
- 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 and regent of Navarre (d. 1495)
- December 5 – Pope Julius II (d. 1513)[2]
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- Piero del Pollaiuolo, 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[3]
- 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 shōgun (b. 1434)
- September 18 – Lewis of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Rouen
- date unknown – Infante Diogo, Constable of Portugal
- Jelena Balšić, Serbian duchess (b. 1366)
- probable – Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1363)
References
- Elizabeth Norton (September 15, 2010). Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor Dynasty. Amberley Publishing Limited. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-4456-0734-4.
- Lives of the Popes: Illustrated Biographies of Every Pope from St Peter to the Present. Barnes & Noble Books. 1998. p. 197. ISBN 978-0-7607-0802-6.
- Clayton J. Drees (2001). The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal, 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-313-30588-7.
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