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

Events of 1428

October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, besiege Orléans. Jean de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders.
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.
August 30 - Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne of Japan.
Itzcóatl becomes ruler of the Aztecs. He eventually begins the construction of Tenochtitlan.
The Aztec Triple Alliance (also known as The Aztec Empire) forms with the alliance of three Aztec city-states: Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopán.
A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in London.
Voices tell Joan of Arc that the dauphin must be crowned and the English expelled from France.

Births

May 3 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)

September 21 - Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)

November 22 - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (d. 1471)

date unknown - Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (d. 1478)

probable - Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)

Deaths

February 3 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)

June 15 - Paulus Venetus, Catholic theologian

August 27 - Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (b. 1370)

August 30 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (b. 1401)

November 3 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)

December 27 - Elizabeth Lacković, Croatian-Hungarian noblewoman

date unknown

Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat
Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco

probable

Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (b. 1401)
John Purvey, English theologian (b. 1353)

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