1443

Year1443(MCDXLIII) was acommon year starting on Tuesday(link will display the full calendar) of theJulian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s 1460s
Years:	1440 1441 1442 1443 1444 1445 1446

1443 in variouscalendars

Gregorian calendar	1443 MCDXLIII
Ab urbe condita	2196
Armenian calendar	892 ԹՎ ՊՂԲ
Assyrian calendar	6193
Balinese saka calendar	1364–1365
Bengali calendar	850
Berber calendar	2393
English Regnal year	21Hen. 6– 22Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1987
Burmese calendar	805
Byzantine calendar	6951–6952
Chinese calendar	Nhâm tuấtNiên (WaterDog) 4140 or 3933 — to — Quý hợi niên (WaterPig) 4141 or 3934
Coptic calendar	1159–1160
Discordian calendar	2609
Ethiopian calendar	1435–1436
Hebrew calendar	5203–5204
Hindu calendars
-Vikram Samvat	1499–1500
-Shaka Samvat	1364–1365
-Kali Yuga	4543–4544
Holocene calendar	11443
Igbo calendar	443–444
Iranian calendar	821–822
Islamic calendar	846–847
Japanese calendar	Kakitsu3 ( gia cát ３ niên )
Javanese calendar	1358–1359
Julian calendar	1443 MCDXLIII
Korean calendar	3776
Minguo calendar	469 beforeROC Dân tiền 469 niên
Nanakshahi calendar	−25
Thai solar calendar	1985–1986
Tibetan calendar	Dương thủy cẩu niên (male Water-Dog) 1569 or 1188 or 416 — to — Âm thủy trư niên (female Water-Pig) 1570 or 1189 or 417

Events

January–December

• July 22–Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl(Old Zürich War): The forces of the city ofZürichare defeated, but theSwiss Confederacyhave insufficient strength to besiege and take the city.
• November 8–Battle of Niš:John Hunyadiand the army of theCrusade of Varnadefeat threearmies of the Ottoman Empire,and capture the city ofNišin modern-daySerbia;Skanderbegdeserts the Ottoman camp and goes toAlbania.
• November 28– Skanderbeg and his forces, rebelling against theOttoman Empire,liberateKrujë,in MiddleAlbania,and raise theAlbanian flag.

Date unknown

• InMoldavia,the conflict between brothers and co-rulersIliașandStephen IIreignites, and Stephen captures Iliaș and blinds him, thus remaining sole ruler of the country.
• PortugueseexplorerNuno Tristãopenetrates theArguinGulf, off the west coast of Africa.
• KingSejong the Greatstarts to crateHangul,the native alphabet of theKorean language,with his scholars.
• Vlad II Draculbegins his second term as ruler ofWallachia,succeedingBasarab II.
• The BuddhistZhihua Temple( trí hóa tự ) is built inBeijing,at the order ofWang Zhen,chiefeunuchat the court of theZhengtong EmperorofMing DynastyChina.
• A powerful earthquake destroys theTimișoara Fortressin theKingdom of Hungary

Births

• January 27–Albert III, Duke of Saxony(d.1500)
• February 2–Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony(d.1484)
• February 12–Giovanni II Bentivoglio,Italian noble (d.1508)
• February 23–Matthias Corvinus,of Hungary (d.1490)
• May 17–Edmund, Earl of Rutland,brother of KingsEdward IV of EnglandandRichard III of England(d.1460)
• May 29–Victor, Duke of Münsterberg,Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (d.1500)
• May 31or1441–Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby,English noble, mother of King Henry VII, grandmother of King Henry VIII of England (d.1509)
• June 29–Anthony Browne,English knight (d.1506)
• September 9–Muhammad Jaunpuri(d.1505)
• November 10–Adolf III of Nassau-Wiesbaden-Idstein,Germany noble (d.1511)
• December 1–Magdalena of France,French princess and regent of Navarre (d.1495)
• December 5–Pope Julius II(d.1513)
• probable
  • Piero del Pollaiuolo,Italian painter (d.1496)
  • Ygo Gales Galama,Frisian warlord and freedom fighting rebel (d.1492)

Deaths

• January 16–Erasmo of Narni,Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
• January 28–Robert le Maçon,Chancellor of France
• February –Guidantonio da Montefeltro,count of Urbino (b. 1377)
• March 24–James Douglas, 7th Earl of Douglas(b. 1371)
• April 12–Henry Chichele,Archbishop of Canterbury
• May –John II, Count of Nassau-Siegen
• May 9–Niccolò Albergati,Italian cardinal and diplomat (b. 1373)
• June 5–Ferdinand the Holy Princeof Portugal (b. 1402)
• August 16–Ashikaga Yoshikatsu,Japanese shōgun (b. 1434)
• September 18–Lewis of Luxembourg,Archbishop of Rouen
• date unknown– InfanteDiogo, Constable of Portugal
  • Jelena Balšić,Serbian duchess (b. 1366)
• probable–Zeami Motokiyo,Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1363)