What is 1430?
{{Year nav|1430}} {{Year in various calendars|1430}} {{Year article header|1430}} == Events == *[[May 14]] – First French attempts to relieve the [[Siege of Compiègne]]. *[[May 23]] – [[Joan of Arc]] is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve [[Compiègne]]. *[[June 14]] – [[William Waynflete]] becomes vicar of Skendleby, Lincolnshire. * The [[Ottoman Empire]] captures [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]] from the [[Venice|Venetians]]. * The [[Order of the Golden Fleece]] is founded by [[Philip III, Duke of Burgundy]] to celebrate his marriage. *[[Bratislava Castle]] is converted to a fortress under [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund of Luxemburg]]. *[[Švitrigaila]] succeeds his cousin as ruler of [[Lithuania]]. * First use of optical methods in the creation of art. * [[Janissary|Janissaries]] are created. [[File:Europe in 1430.PNG|thumb|200px| A map of [[Europe]] in 1430 (click image to enlarge).]] {{Year in other calendars}} == Births == * [[October 16]] – King [[James II of Scotland]] (died [[1460]]) * [[October 28]] – [[Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr]], English politician (died [[1475]]) *''date unknown'' – [[Hosokawa Katsumoto]], Japanese warlord *''probable'' – [[Heinrich Kramer]], German churchman and inquisitor (died [[1505]]) == Deaths == *[[January 29]]? – [[Andrei Rublev]], Russian iconographer (born [[1360]]) *[[August 14]] – [[Philip I, Duke of Brabant]] (b. [[1404]]) *[[August 18]] – [[Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros]], English soldier and politician (b. [[1406]]) *[[October 27]] – [[Vytautas the Great]], Grand Prince of Lithuania (born [[1352]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Thomas FitzAlan]], English nobleman **[[Christine de Pizan]], proto-feminist writer ==Related pages== * [[List of state leaders in 1430]] [[Category:1430| ]]