1429

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.
• 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.

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)

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)