1443

Years: 1440 1441 1442 - 1443 - 1444 1445 1446

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

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

Events

* Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks
* John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis
* Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II.
* The Zhihua Si Buddhist Temple (智化寺) was built in Beijing, China at the order of Wang Zhen, the chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Births

* January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500)
* February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 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, mother of Henry VII of England (died 1509)
* December 5 - Pope Julius II (died 1513)
* Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist (died 1485)
* John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English Lancastrian leader (died 1513)
* Piero del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (died 1496)
* Philip II, Duke of Savoy (died 1497)
* Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (died 1449)

Deaths

*January 28 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
*April 12 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
*August 16 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (born 1434)
*Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (born 1370)
*Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1363)

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