1428
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| Gregorian calendar | 1428 MCDXXVIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2181 |
| Armenian calendar | 877 ԹՎ ՊՀԷ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6178 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1349–1350 |
| Bengali calendar | 835 |
| Berber calendar | 2378 |
| English Regnal year | 6 Hen. 6 – 7 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1972 |
| Burmese calendar | 790 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6936–6937 |
| Chinese calendar | 丁未年 (Fire Goat) 4125 or 3918 — to — 戊申年 (Earth Monkey) 4126 or 3919 |
| Coptic calendar | 1144–1145 |
| Discordian calendar | 2594 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1420–1421 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5188–5189 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1484–1485 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1349–1350 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4528–4529 |
| Holocene calendar | 11428 |
| Igbo calendar | 428–429 |
| Iranian calendar | 806–807 |
| Islamic calendar | 831–832 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 35 / Shocho 1 (正長元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1343–1344 |
| Julian calendar | 1428 MCDXXVIII |
| Korean calendar | 3761 |
| Minguo calendar | 484 before ROC 民前484年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −40 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1970–1971 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴火羊年 (female Fire-Goat) 1554 or 1173 or 401 — to — 阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1555 or 1174 or 402 |
Year 1428 (MCDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- 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 (also known as The Aztec Empire) forms with the alliance of three Aztec city-states—Tenochtitlán, Texcoco, and Tlacopán—and defeats Azcapotzalco to win control of the Valley of Mexico.
- A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in London.
- 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 (the territory occupied by Ming Dynasty China in 1407) and restores the kingdom as Đại Việt.
Births
- May 3 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
- September 21 – Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
- November 22 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English kingmaker (d. 1471)
- date unknown – Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (d. 1478)
- probable – Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)
Deaths
- February 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)
- June 12 – Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat
- June 15 – Paul of Venice, Catholic theologian
- August 27 – John I of Münsterberg, Duke of Ziebice (b. 1370)
- August 30 – Emperor Shōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 1401)
- Autumn – Masaccio, Italian painter (b. 1401)
- November 3 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
- December 27 – Elizabeth Lacković, Croatian-Hungarian noblewoman
- date unknown
- Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
- probable – John Purvey, English theologian (b. 1353)