1443
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s - 1440s - 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1440 1441 1442 - 1443 - 1444 1445 1446 |
| 1443 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
| Gregorian calendar | 1443 MCDXLIII |
| Ab urbe condita | 2196 |
| Armenian calendar | 892 ԹՎ ՊՂԲ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -401 – -400 |
| Berber calendar | 2393 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1987 |
| Burmese calendar | 805 |
| Chinese calendar | 4079/4139-12-1 (壬戌年十二月初一日) — to —
4080/4140-12-11(癸亥年十二月十一日) |
| Coptic calendar | 1159 – 1160 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1435 – 1436 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5203 – 5204 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1498 – 1499 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1365 – 1366 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4544 – 4545 |
| Holocene calendar | 11443 |
| Iranian calendar | 821 – 822 |
| Islamic calendar | 846 – 847 |
| Japanese calendar | Kakitsu 3 (嘉吉3年) |
| Korean calendar | 3776 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1986 |
Year 1443 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1443
- July 22 - Battle of St. Jakob an der Sihl: Zürich is barely defeated.
- November 28 - Battle of Nis: John Hunyadi, and the Albanians, under Skanderbeg, defeat the Turks.
- King Sejong the Great establishes Hangul as the native alphabet of the Korean language.
- Vlad II Dracul begins his second term as ruler of Wallachia, succeeding Basarab II.
- The Zhihua Si Buddhist Temple (智化寺) is built in Beijing, China at the order of Wang Zhen, the chief eunuch at the court of the Zhengtong Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.
[edit] Births
- January 27 - Albert, Duke of Saxony (d. 1500)
- February 23 - Matthias Corvinus of Hungary (d. 1490)
- May 17 - Edmund, Earl of Rutland, brother of Kings Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1460)
- May 31 - Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (d. 1509)
- December 5 - Pope Julius II (d. 1513)
- Rodolphus Agricola, Dutch scholar and humanist (d. 1485)
- John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English Lancastrian leader (d. 1513)
- Piero del Pollaiuolo, Italian painter (d. 1496)
- Philip II, Duke of Savoy (d. 1497)
- Ygo Gales Galama, Frisian warlord and freedom fighting rebel (d. 1492)
- Anne Beauchamp, 15th Countess of Warwick (d. 1449)
[edit] Deaths
- January 28 - Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
- April 12 - Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
- August 16 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
- Erasmo of Narni, Italian mercenary (b. 1370)
- Yolande of Aragon, regent of Anjou (b. 1383)
- Zeami Motokiyo, Japanese actor and playwright (b. 1363)
