What is 1434?
{{Year nav|1434}} {{Year in various calendars|1434}} {{Year article header|1434}} == Events == * [[April 14]], The foundation stone of [[Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul, Nantes|Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul]] in [[Nantes]], [[France]] was laid. * [[May 30]], [[Battle of Lipany]] in the [[Hussite Wars]] * [[Jan van Eyck]] paints the wedding of Giovanni Arnolfini * Explorer [[Gil Eanes]] reaches [[Cape Bojador]] in [[Western Sahara]]. In the same year, [[Portugal|Portuguese]] traders deliver their first cargo of African slaves to Lisbon. * [[Zara Yaqob]] becomes Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] {{Year in other calendars}} == Births == * [[March 19]] – [[Ashikaga Yoshikatsu]], Japanese shogun (died [[1443]]) * [[September 23]] – [[Yolande of Valois]], Duchess of Savoy (died [[1478]]) ** ''probable'' ** [[Matteo Maria Boiardo]], Italian poet (approximate date; died [[1494]]) ** [[Kano Masanobu]], Japanese painter (died [[1530]]) == Deaths == * [[30 May]] ** [[Prokop the Great]], Hussite general (b. [[1380]]) ** [[Yuri IV]], Russian grand prince (b. [[1374]]) * [[June 11]] – King [[Władysław II Jagiełło|Wladislaus II of Poland]] * [[June 19]] – [[Alexandra of Lithuania]], Duchess of Masovia * [[November 12]] – King [[Louis III of Naples]] (b. [[1403]]) * ''date unknown'' ** [[John I, Duke of Bourbon]] (b. [[1381]]) ** [[Amda Iyasus]], [[Emperor of Ethiopia]] [[Category:1434| ]]