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

Events [ edit ]

January–December [ edit ]

• July 22 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl ( Old Zurich War ): The forces of the city of Zurich are defeated, but the Swiss Confederacy have insufficient strength to besiege and take the city.
• November 8 – Battle of Ni? : John Hunyadi and the army of the Crusade of Varna defeat three armies of the Ottoman Empire , and capture the city of Ni? 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 Kruje , in Middle Albania , and raise the Albanian flag .

Date unknown [ edit ]

• In Moldavia , the conflict between brothers and co-rulers Ilia? and Stephen II reignites, and Stephen captures Ilia? and blinds him, thus remaining sole ruler of the country.
• Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristao penetrates the Arguin Gulf, off the west coast of Africa.
• King Sejong the Great starts to crate Hangul , the native alphabet of the Korean language , with his scholars.
• 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 Timi?oara Fortress in the Kingdom of Hungary

Births [ edit ]

• 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 Munsterberg , Reichsgraf, Duke of Munsterberg 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]
• probable
  • Piero del Pollaiuolo , Italian painter (d. 1496 )
  • Ygo Gales Galama , Frisian warlord and freedom fighting rebel (d. 1492 )

Deaths [ edit ]

• January 16 – Erasmo of Narni , Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
• January 28 – Robert le Macon , 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 – John II, Count of Nassau-Siegen ^[4]
• May 9 – Niccolo Albergati , Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
• June 5 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (b. 1402)
• August 16 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu , Japanese sh?gun (b. 1434)
• September 18 – Lewis of Luxembourg , Archbishop of Rouen
• date unknown – Infante Diogo, Constable of Portugal
  • Jelena Bal?i? , Serbian duchess (b. 1366)
• probable – Zeami Motokiyo , Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1363)

References [ edit ]