1430
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1400s 1410s 1420s - 1430s - 1440s 1450s 1460s |
| Years: | 1427 1428 1429 - 1430 - 1431 1432 1433 |
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[change] Events of 1430
- May 14 - First French attempts 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.
- The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians.
- Order of the Golden Fleece is founded by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage.
- Bratislava Castle is converted to a fortress under Sigismund of Luxemburg.
- Švitrigaila succeeds his cousin as ruler of Lithuania.
- First use of optical methods in the creation of Art.
- Janissaries are created.
| 1430 in other calendars | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1430 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2183 |
| Chinese calendar | 4066 – 4067 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5189 – 5190 |
| Hindu calendars – Vikram Samvat – Shaka Samvat – Kali Yuga |
1485 – 1486 1352 – 1353 4531 – 4532 |
| Iranian calendar | 808 – 809 |
| Islamic calendar | 850 – 851 |
| Runic calendar | 1680 |
[change] Births
- October 16 - King James II of Scotland (died 1460)
- October 28 - Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1475)
- date unknown - Hosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese warlord
- probable - Heinrich Kramer, German churchman and inquisitor (died 1505)
[change] Deaths
- January 29? - Andrei Rublev, Russian iconographer (born 1360)
- August 14 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
- August 18 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
- October 27 - Vytautas the Great, Grand Prince of Lithuania (born 1352)
- date unknown
- Thomas FitzAlan, English nobleman
- Christine de Pizan, proto-feminist writer
[change] See also
- List of state leaders in 1430
