Explore 60 historical events from 1430–1439.
Demetrios Laskaris Leontares or Leontarios was an important Byzantine statesman and military leader of the early 15th century, serving under the emperors Manuel II Palaiologos and …
Demetrios Laskaris Leontares, Byzantine admiral and diplomat
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of Fran…
Joan of Arc is captured at the Siege of Compiègne by troops from the Burgundian faction
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of Fran…
Joan of Arc, taken by the Burgundians in May, is handed over to Pierre Cauchon, the bishop of Beauvais.
Francesco I Sforza was an Italian condottiere who founded the Sforza dynasty in the duchy of Milan, ruling as its (fourth) duke from 1450 until his death. Renowned for his military…
Francesco Sforza, lord of Milan, conquers Lucca.
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, 3rd Earl of Huntington was a Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses. He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, an…
Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, Lancastrian leader (died 1475)
James II was King of Scots from 1437 until his death in 1460. The eldest surviving son of James I of Scotland, he succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of six. James began hi…
James II of Scotland (died 1460)
Count John III the Younger of Nassau-Siegen, German: Johann III. der Jüngere Graf von Nassau-Siegen, succeeded, with his brothers, his father in 1416 as Count of Nassau-Siegen. Wit…
John III, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count
Philip of Saint-Pol was the younger son of Duke Anthony of Brabant and Joan of Saint-Pol. He succeeded his brother John IV as duke of Brabant in 1427, while he had inherited Saint-…
Philip I, Duke of Brabant (born 1404)
Thomas Ros or Roos, 8th Baron Ros of Helmsley was an English peer.
Thomas de Ros, 8th Baron de Ros, English soldier and politician (born 1406)
Vytautas the Great was a ruler of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, first as regent for his cousin Jogaila (1392–1401) and then as the Grand Duke alongside him (1401–1430). He was also…
Vytautas, Lithuanian ruler (born 1350)
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duc…
Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc (pictured) was captured by Burgundian forces at the Siege of Compiègne