1430

Events of 1430

May 14 - The French first attempt to relieve the Siege of Compiègne.
May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne.
June 14 - William Waynflete becomes vicar of Skendleby, Lincolnshire.
The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians.
The Order of the Golden Fleece is founded by Philip III, Duke of Burgundy to celebrate his marriage.
Bratislava Castle is converted to a fortress under Sigismund of Luxemburg.
Švitrigaila succeeds his cousin as ruler of Lithuania.
Optical methods are first used in the creation of art.
The Janissaries are created.
Patras, capital of Achea, finally falls to the Byzantine Despotate of Morea.

January 29? - Andrei Rublev, Russian iconographer (b. 1360)
August 14 - Philip I, Duke of Brabant (b. 1404)
August 18 - Thomas de Ros, 9th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (b. 1406)
October 27 - Vytautas the Great, Grand Prince of Lithuania (b. 1352)
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