1428

Years: 1425 1426 1427 - 1428 - 1429 1430 1431
Decades: 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s
Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

October 12 - English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury besiege Orléans. Jean, Comte 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 the Earl of Suffolk
Emperor Go-Hanazono ascends to the throne of Japan
Itzcóatl becomes ruler of the Aztecs. He eventually begins the construction of Tenochtitlan.


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