1443

This page relates to the year 1443 Calendrier Julien.

Events

Africa

  • October 22nd: Charter of Henri the Navigator prohibiting to sail in the south Cape Bojador without its authorization.

  • Portuguese Antão Gonçalves succeeds in exchanging one of the noble prisoners taken in 1441 with the Rio de Oro against slaves and powder of gold.

Asia

  • India: Abdur Razzaq of Herat visit Vijayanagar.

Europe

France

Saint Worsens

  • the Luxembourg is sold with Philippe the Good, duke of Burgundy. The Luxembourgers refusing to recognize this transfer, Philippe the Good one make take by storm the capital of the duchy (October 21st).

Italy

Central Europe & Balkans

  • September: Crusade of Jean Hunyadi against the Turks (end in January 1444).
  • November 28th:
    • Victoire of the crusaders assisted from Hungary on the Turks with Niš. The winter and the mountain make give up the crusaders to go on Andrinople and they are folded up on Belgrade.
    • the Christian prince “Iskander Bey” ( Skanderbeg ) proclaims the free Principauté of Albania to Kroya.

Russia

  • the council of the Russian Churches condemns the union of Florence and makes deposit the métropolite Isidore.

Art & culture

  • Portrait of a princess of the house of Este , table of Vittore Pisanello.

Births in 1443

Death in 1443

  • June 5th: The Infant Ferdinand ( Infante Santo ), in a dungeon of Fès.
  • Zeami (born in 1363), actor, dramatic author and theorist Japan board who codified the Théâtre No and wrote more half of the repertory of this theatrical form.

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