1428
Year 1428 was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- June 3 - Dan II leads an army against the Ottomans at Golubac Fortress, obtaining a treaty that will allow him a semi-peaceful rule in Wallachia, until 1432.
- August 30 - Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne of Japan.
- October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, besiege Orléans. Jean de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders.
- October 24 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, is mortally wounded in an unsuccessful assault on Orléans. He is succeeded in command by William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk.
Date unknown
- Itzcóatl becomes ruler of the Aztecs. He eventually begins the construction of Tenochtitlan.
- The Aztec Triple Alliance forms with the alliance of three Aztec city-states—Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopán—and defeats Azcapotzalco to win control of the Valley of Mexico.
- The Valais witch trials begin.
- A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in London, England.
- Voices tell Joan of Arc that Charles VII of France must be crowned, and the English expelled from France.
- Lam Sơn uprising: Lê Lợi, founder of the Lê Dynasty in Vietnam, liberates Annam, and restores the kingdom as Đại Việt.
Births
- February 3 - Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus
- April 7 - William Percy, late medieval Bishop of Carlisle
- May 3 - Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman
- July 4 - Filippo Strozzi the Elder, Italian banker
- September 21 - Jingtai Emperor of China
- November 2 - Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine
- November 22 - Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker
- December 4 - Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe
- date unknown - Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar
- * Maria Ormani, Italian artist, scribe and illuminator
- probable - Didrik Pining, German explorer
Deaths
- January 4 - Frederick I, Elector of Saxony
- February 3 - Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun
- June 12 - Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat
- August 27 - John I of Münsterberg, Duke of Ziebice
- August 30 - Emperor Shōkō, emperor of Japan
- Autumn - Masaccio, Italian painter
- November 3 - Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader
- November 4 - Sophia of Bavaria, Queen regent of Bohemia
- date unknown
- * Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
- * Paul of Venice, Catholic theologian
- * Isabella, Countess of Foix, French sovereign
- probable - John Purvey, English theologian