1428

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

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s
Years:	1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431

1428 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1428 MCDXXVIII
Ab urbe condita	2181
Armenian calendar	877 ԹՎ ՊՀԷ
Assyrian calendar	6178
Balinese saka calendar	1349–1350
Bengali calendar	835
Berber calendar	2378
English Regnal year	6 Hen. 6 – 7 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1972
Burmese calendar	790
Byzantine calendar	6936–6937
Chinese calendar	丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4125 or 3918     — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4126 or 3919
Coptic calendar	1144–1145
Discordian calendar	2594
Ethiopian calendar	1420–1421
Hebrew calendar	5188–5189
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1484–1485
- Shaka Samvat	1349–1350
- Kali Yuga	4528–4529
Holocene calendar	11428
Igbo calendar	428–429
Iranian calendar	806–807
Islamic calendar	831–832
Japanese calendar	Ōei 35 / Shocho 1 (正長元年)
Javanese calendar	1343–1344
Julian calendar	1428 MCDXXVIII
Korean calendar	3761
Minguo calendar	484 before ROC 民前484年
Nanakshahi calendar	−40
Thai solar calendar	1970–1971
Tibetan calendar	阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1554 or 1173 or 401     — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1555 or 1174 or 402

Events

January–December

• February 2 – 1428 Catalonia earthquake. The earthquake takes place during Candlemas, striking the region of Catalonia, especially Roussillon, with an epicentre near Camprodon. The earthquake is one of a series of related seismic events that shake Catalonia in a single year. Beginning on 23 February 1427, tremors are felt in March, April, 15 May at Olot.^[1][2]
• May – Joan of Arc makes her first attempt to reach the Armagnac court at Chinon in support of Charles VII of France but is rebuffed.^[3]
• June 3 – Dan II leads an army against the Ottomans at Golubac Fortress, obtaining a treaty that will allow him a semi-peaceful rule in Wallachia, until 1432.
• August 7 – The Valais witch trials begin in Swiss Savoy.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• 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

• The Aztec Empire is formed by the triple alliance of the Aztec city-states Tenochtitlán, Texcoco and Tlacopán and defeats Azcapotzalco to win control of the Valley of Mexico. Itzcóatl becomes 1st emperor.
• A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in the City of London, England.^[6]
• 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 nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (d. 1471)^[7]
• December 4 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (1429–1511) (d. 1511)
• date unknown – Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (d. 1478)
  • Maria Ormani, Italian artist, scribe and illuminator
• probable – Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)

Deaths

• January 4 – Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1370)
• February 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (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)^[8]
• November 4 – Sophia of Bavaria, Queen regent of Bohemia (b. 1376)
• date unknown
  • Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
  • Paul of Venice, Catholic theologian
  • Isabella, Countess of Foix, French sovereign (b. 1361)
• probable – John Purvey, English theologian (b. 1353)

References

1. Joan Toralles describes the Olot quake in a brief notice in his Noticiari.
2. Banda, E.; Correig, A. M. (1984), "The Catalan earthquake of February 2, 1428", Engineering Geology, 20 (1–2), Elsevier: 89–97, Bibcode:1984EngGe..20...89B, doi:10.1016/0013-7952(84)90045-0
3. DeVries, Kelly (1999). Joan of Arc: A Military Leader. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 40–1. ISBN 9780750918053. OCLC 42957383.
4. Burns, William E. (2003). Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 296. ISBN 9780313321429.
5. The First Biography of Joan of Arc: Translated and Annotated by Daniel Rankin and Claire Quintal. University of Pittsburgh Pre. February 15, 1964. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8229-7540-3.
6. Richardson, John (2000). The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History. University of California Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780520227958.
7. "Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick | English noble | Britannica". www.britannica.com. April 10, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
8. Wiltshire Notes and Queries. 1905. p. 489.