1443

Years: 1440 1441 1442 - 1443 - 1444 1445 1446

Decades: 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks
• John Hunyadi defeats Turks at the Battle of Nis
• Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II.

Births

• January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (died 1500)
• February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (died 1490)
• May 17 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460)
• May 31 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (died 1509)
• December 5 - Pope Julius II (died 1513)
• Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist (died 1485)
• John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English Lancastrian leader (died 1513)
• Piero del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (died 1496)
• Philip II, Duke of Savoy (died 1497)
• Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (died 1449)

Deaths

• January 28 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
• April 12 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
• August 16 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (born 1434)
• Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (born 1370)
• Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (born 1363)