Explore 28 historical events from 1430–1439.
Count John III the Younger of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann III. der Jüngere Graf von Nassau-Siegen, succeeded, with his brothers, his father in 1416 as Count of Nassau-Siegen. Wit…
John III, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military leader of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomeran…
Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (27 April O
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military leader of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomeran…
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish rebel leader (27 April O
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (born 1382)
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of Fran…
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction
Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola, was an Italian condottiero.
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
Adolph III, Count of Waldeck was Count of Waldeck-Landau from 1397 until his death. He was the founder of the elder Waldeck-Landau line.
Adolph III, count of Waldeck (born 1362)
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of Fran…
Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (born 1412)
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and King of Poland from 1386 until his death. As Grand Duke, he ruled Lithuania from 1377 to 138…
King Wladislaus II of Poland
The Catholic Church, also called the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with an estimated 1.28 to 1.41 billion baptized members worldwide as of 2026. It consis…
The reunion of the Catholic and Orthodox Church is proclaimed and celebrated with a public holiday.
Richard Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick was an English medieval nobleman and military commander.
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (born 1382)
Frederick IV, also known as Frederick of the Empty Pockets, a member of the House of Habsburg, was Duke of Austria from 1402 until his death. As a scion of the Habsburg Leopoldian …
Frederick IV, duke of Austria (born 1382)
The Transylvanian peasant revolt, also known as the Bábolna revolt was a popular revolt in the eastern territories of the Kingdom of Hungary in 1437. The revolt broke out after Geo…
A temporary compromise between the rebellious Transylvanian peasants and the noblemen is signed in Kolozsmonostor Abbey.
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, KG was an English Yorkist nobleman.
John Scrope, 5th Baron Scrope of Bolton, English Baron (died 1498)
Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV and later Queen of England as the wife of King Henry IV. Joan was a daughter of Charles II…
Joan of Navarre, Queen of England (born 1370)
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military leader of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomeran…
Assassination of the Swedish rebel (later national hero) Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (27 April O
Johannes Müller von Königsberg, better known as Regiomontanus, was a mathematician, astrologer and astronomer of the German Renaissance, active in Vienna, Buda and Nuremberg. His c…
Regiomontanus (Johannes Müller von Königsberg), German mathematician, astronomer, and bishop (died 1476)
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military leader of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomeran…
Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish rebel leader (27 April O
John Fitzalan, 7th Earl of Arundel, 4th Baron Maltravers KG was an English nobleman and military commander during the later phases of the Hundred Years' War. His father, John Fitza…
John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English commander (born 1408)
The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Em…
Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and
Prokop the Great or Prokop the Bald or the Shaven was a Czech Hussite general and a prominent Taborite military leader during the Hussite Wars. On his mother's side, he came from…
Prokop the Great, Czech general (born 1380)
Jogaila, later Władysław II Jagiełło, was Grand Duke of Lithuania beginning in 1377 and King of Poland from 1386 until his death. As Grand Duke, he ruled Lithuania from 1377 to 138…
King Wladislaus II of Poland
Yury Dmitrievich, also known as George II of Moscow, Yury of Zvenigorod and Jurij Zwenihorodski, was the second son of Dmitry Donskoy. He was the Duke of Zvenigorod and Galich fro…
Yuri IV, Russian grand prince (born 1374)
Francis II was Duke of Brittany from 1458 to his death. He was the grandson of John IV, Duke of Brittany. A recurring theme in Francis' life would be his quest to maintain the quas…
Francis II, Duke of Brittany (died 1488)
Francesco Bussone, often called Count of Carmagnola, was an Italian condottiero.
Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer
Uko Fockena was an East Frisian chieftain of Moormerland and Emsigerland.
Uko Fockena, Frisian chieftain (born c
Janus was King of Cyprus and titular King of Armenian Cilicia and Jerusalem from 1398 to 1432.
Janus of Cyprus (born 1375)
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribuna
Adolph III, Count of Waldeck was Count of Waldeck-Landau from 1397 until his death. He was the founder of the elder Waldeck-Landau line.
Adolph III, count of Waldeck (born 1362)
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of Fran…
Joan of Arc, French martyr and saint (born 1412)
The Battle of La Higueruela was fought in the vega of the river Genil near Granada on 1 July 1431 between the forces of John II of Castile, led by Álvaro de Luna, and troops loyal …
The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the…
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of Fran…
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction