1430

Events

  • May 14 – First French attempts to relieve the Siege of Compiègne.
  • May 23Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
  • June 14William Waynflete becomes vicar of Skendleby, Lincolnshire.
  • The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the 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 of Luxemburg.
  • Švitrigaila succeeds his cousin as ruler of Lithuania.
  • First use of optical methods in the creation of art.
  • Janissaries are created.
A map of Europe in 1430 (click image to enlarge).
1430 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1430
MCDXXX
Ab urbe condita2183
Armenian calendar879
ԹՎ ՊՀԹ
Assyrian calendar6180
Balinese saka calendar1351–1352
Bengali calendar837
Berber calendar2380
English Regnal year8 Hen. 6  9 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1974
Burmese calendar792
Byzantine calendar6938–6939
Chinese calendar己酉(Earth Rooster)
4126 or 4066
     to 
庚戌年 (Metal Dog)
4127 or 4067
Coptic calendar1146–1147
Discordian calendar2596
Ethiopian calendar1422–1423
Hebrew calendar5190–5191
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1486–1487
 - Shaka Samvat1351–1352
 - Kali Yuga4530–4531
Holocene calendar11430
Igbo calendar430–431
Iranian calendar808–809
Islamic calendar833–834
Japanese calendarEikyō 2
(永享2年)
Javanese calendar1345–1346
Julian calendar1430
MCDXXX
Korean calendar3763
Minguo calendar482 before ROC
民前482年
Nanakshahi calendar−38
Thai solar calendar1972–1973
Tibetan calendar阴土鸡年
(female Earth-Rooster)
1556 or 1175 or 403
     to 
阳金狗年
(male Iron-Dog)
1557 or 1176 or 404

Births

  • October 16 – King James II of Scotland (died 1460)
  • October 28Richard West, 7th Baron De La Warr, English politician (died 1475)
  • date unknownHosokawa Katsumoto, Japanese warlord
  • probableHeinrich Kramer, German churchman and inquisitor (died 1505)

Deaths

  • January 29? – Andrei Rublev, Russian iconographer (born 1360)
  • August 14Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
  • August 18Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
  • October 27Vytautas the Great, Grand Prince of Lithuania (born 1352)
  • date unknown
  • List of state leaders in 1430
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