1429
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1426 1427 1428 – 1429 – 1430 1431 1432 |
| 1429 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1429 (MCDXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1429
- February 12 – Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"): English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at Orléans from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stuart.
- April 29 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.
- April 30 – Siege of Orléans: Joan of Arc enters Orléans with a relief expedition.
- May 7 – The Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans, falls. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning wounded to lead the final charge.
- May 8 – The English, weakened by disease and lack of supplies, depart Orléans.
- June 18 – Battle of Patay: French forces under Joan of Arc smash the English forces under Lord Talbot and Sir John Fastolf, forcing the withdrawal of the English from the Loire Valley.
- July 17 – Charles VII of France crowned in Rheims.
- September 8 – Joan of Arc leads an unsuccessful attack on Paris and is wounded.
- November 24 – Joan besieged La Charité.
- Fire destroys Turku.
- A series of seven customs offices and barriers are installed along the Grand Canal of China, during the reign of the Ming Dynasty ruler Emperor Yongle.
| Gregorian calendar | 1429 MCDXXIX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2182 |
| Armenian calendar | 878 ԹՎ ՊՀԸ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -415 – -414 |
| Berber calendar | 2379 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1973 |
| Burmese calendar | 791 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6937 – 6938 |
| Chinese calendar | 戊申年十一月廿六日 (4065/4125-11-26) — to —
己酉年十二月初六日(4066/4126-12-6) |
| Coptic calendar | 1145 – 1146 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1421 – 1422 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5189 – 5190 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1484 – 1485 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1351 – 1352 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4530 – 4531 |
| Holocene calendar | 11429 |
| Iranian calendar | 807 – 808 |
| Islamic calendar | 832 – 833 |
| Japanese calendar | Shocho 2Eikyō 1 (永享元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3762 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1972 |
[edit] Births
- January 17? – Antonio del Pollaiolo, Italian painter, sculptor and jeweller (d. 1498)
- January 30 – Humphrey FitzAlan, 15th Earl of Arundel (d. 1438)
- March 23 – Margaret of Anjou, queen of Henry VI of England (d. 1482)
- probable – Mino da Fiesole, Florentine sculptor (d. 1484)
[edit] Deaths
- February – Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, founder of the Medici dynasty of Florence (b. 1360)
- June 22 – Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1380)
- September 28 – Cymburgis of Masovia, wife of Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria (b. 1394)
- December 30 – Margaret Holland, English noblewoman (b. 1385)
- date unknown – Emperor Yeshaq I of Ethiopia (b. 1414)
