1443

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Year 1443 (MCDXLIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events

January–December

• July 22 – Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl (Old Zürich War): The forces of the city of Zürich are defeated but the Old Swiss Confederacy have insufficient strength to besiege and take the city.
• November 8 – Battle of Niš: John Hunyadi and the army of the Crusade of Varna defeat three armies of the Ottoman Empire and capture the city of Niš in modern-day Serbia; Skanderbeg deserts the Ottoman camp and goes to Albania.
• November 28 – Skanderbeg and his forces, rebelling against the Ottoman Empire, liberate Krujë, in Middle Albania, and raise the Albanian flag.

Date unknown

• Portuguese explorer Nuno Tristão penetrates the Arguin Gulf off the west coast of Africa.
• King Sejong the Great establishes Hangul as the native alphabet of the Korean language.
• Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II.
• The Buddhist Zhihua Temple (智化寺) is built in Beijing at the order of Wang Zhen, chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of Ming dynasty China.

Births

• January 27 – Albert III, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
• February – Anne de Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (d. 1449)
• February 4 – Philip II, Duke of Savoy (d. 1497)
• February 23 – Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (d. 1490)
• May 17 – Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460)
• May 31 – Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
• September 8 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English Lancastrian leader (d. 1513)
• December 5 – Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
• probable
  • Piero del Pollaiolo, Italian painter (d. 1496)
  • Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and freedom fighting rebel (d. 1492)

Deaths

• January 16 – Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
• January 28 – Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
• February – Guidantonio da Montefeltro, count of Urbino (b. 1377)
• March 24 – James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas (b. 1371)
• April 12 – Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
• May 9 – Niccolò Albergati, Italian Cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
• June 5 – Ferdinand the Holy Prince of Portugal (b. 1402)
• August 16 – Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
• August 29 – Isabella of Urgell, Duchess of Coimbra (b. 1409)
• September 18 – Lewis of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Rouen
• date unknown – Infante Diogo, Constable of Portugal
• probable – Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1363)

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