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Year 1428 was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1428

• 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.
• August 30 - Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne of Japan.
• 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.
• A serious fire occurs at Baynard's Castle in London.
• Voices tell Joan of Arc that the dauphin must be crowned and the English expelled from France.

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 15 - Paulus Venetus, Catholic theologian
• August 27 - Jan Piast, Duke of Ziebice (b. 1370)
• August 30 - Emperor Shoko of Japan (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
  • Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat
  • Maxtla, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
• probable
  • Tommaso Masaccio, Italian painter (b. 1401)
  • John Purvey, English theologian (b. 1353)