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| Years: 1426 1427 1428 - 1429 - 1430 1431 1432 | |
| Decades: 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece
- February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolk's army at Orleans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart.
- April 27 - Battle of Orléans. A French relief army under Joan of Arc and the Duc d'Alençon enters Orleans
- May 4 - A French attack led by Joan of Arc breaks the English bridgehead on the South side of the Loire.
- May 8 - Suffolk withdraws from Orleans, ending the siege.
- June 19 - Battle of Patay. French forces under Joan smash the English forces under Lord Talbot and Sir John Fastolf, forcing the withdrawal of the English from the Loire Valley.
- July 16 - Charles VII of France crowned in Rheims
- September 8 - Joan leads an unsuccessful attack on Paris, and is wounded.
- Fire destroys Turku
Births
- January 30 - Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (died 1438)
- March 23 - Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (died 1482)
- Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter, sculptor and jeweller (died 1498)
Deaths
- June 22 - Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian mathematician and astronomer (born 1380)
- September 28 - Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria (born 1394)
- December 30 - Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (born 1385)
- Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, founder of the Medici dynasty of Florence (born 1360)
