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Years: 1429 1430 1431 - 1432 - 1433 1434 1435

Decades: 1400s 1410s 1420s - 1430s - 1440s 1450s 1460s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• June 1 - Battle of San Romano - Florence defeats Siena
• foundation of Université de Caen
• In the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut and Holland as independent counties

Births

• January 15 - King Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481)
• March 30 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1481)
• August 15 - Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (died 1484)
• Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (died 1488)
• Pope Innocent VIII (died 1492)

Deaths

• May 5 - Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer (executed)
• October 19 - John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (born 1392)
• Janus of Cyprus
• Gyaltsab Je, throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (born 1364)