1430 Explained

Year 1430 (MCDXXX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January - December

• January 7  - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, marries Isabella of Portugal.
• January 10  - Philip the Good founds the Order of the Golden Fleece.
• March 29  - The Ottoman Empire, under Murad II, captures Thessalonica after an eight-year siege.
• May 14  - The French first attempt to relieve the Siege of Compiègne.
• May 23  - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians, while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
• June 14  - William Waynflete becomes vicar of Skendleby, Lincolnshire.
• July 11  - Battle of Trnava: The Hussites defeat the Hungarian-Moravian-Serbian army.
• October 27  - Švitrigaila succeeds his cousin Vytautas as ruler of Lithuania.

Date unknown

• With the surrender of Chalandritsa and the citadel of Patras to the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, the Principality of Achaea comes to an end.
• Bratislava Castle is converted to a fortress under Sigismund of Luxemburg.
• Optical methods are first used in the creation of art.

Births

• March 10  - Oliviero Carafa, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1511)
• March 23  - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)^[1]
• June 13  - Beatrice, Duchess of Viseu, Portuguese infante (d. 1506)
• June 27  - Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses (d. 1475)
• October 16  - King James II of Scotland (d. 1460) and his twin Alexander Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1430)
• October 28  - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, English soldier, son of Reginald West (d. 1475)
• November 11  - Jošt of Rožmberk, Bishop of Breslau, Grand Prior of the Order of St. John (d. 1467)
• date unknown
  • Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese warlord
  • Barbara von Ottenheim, German alleged witch and sculpture model (d. 1484)
  • Isabel Bras Williamson, Scottish merchant (d. 1493)
  • Joana de Castre, Catalan noble (d. 1480)
• probable  - Heinrich Kramer, German churchman and inquisitor (d. 1505)
• approximate  - Clara Hätzlerin, German scribe (d. 1476)

Deaths

• January 5  - Philippa of England, queen consort of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (b. 1394)^[2]
• January 29 or 1427  - Andrei Rublev, Russian iconographer (possible date; b. 1360)
• April 18  - John III, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count^[3]
• August 4  - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
• August 18  - Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
• October 27  - Vytautas, Grand Prince of Lithuania (b. 1352)
• date unknown
  • Thomas FitzAlan, English noble
  • Christine de Pizan, Italian proto-feminist writer (b. 1364)^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Margaret of Anjou queen of England . Encyclopedia Britannica . 15 April 2020 . en.
2. Book: Panton . James . Historical Dictionary of the British Monarchy . 2011 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-7497-8 . 370 . en.
3. Book: Dek, A.W.E. . 1970 . Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau . nl . Zaltbommel . Europese Bibliotheek . 214 .
4. Web site: World-Changing Women: Christine de Pizan . www.open.edu . 22 August 2018 . en.