1432

This article is about the year 1432. For the band formerly known as 1432, see Fifth Harmony.

Year 1432 (MCDXXXII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s 1450s
Years:	1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434 1435

1432 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	1432 MCDXXXII
Ab urbe condita	2185
Armenian calendar	881 ԹՎ ՊՁԱ
Assyrian calendar	6182
Balinese saka calendar	1353–1354
Bengali calendar	839
Berber calendar	2382
English Regnal year	10 Hen. 6 – 11 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1976
Burmese calendar	794
Byzantine calendar	6940–6941
Chinese calendar	辛亥年 (Metal Pig) 4129 or 3922     — to — 壬子年 (Water Rat) 4130 or 3923
Coptic calendar	1148–1149
Discordian calendar	2598
Ethiopian calendar	1424–1425
Hebrew calendar	5192–5193
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1488–1489
- Shaka Samvat	1353–1354
- Kali Yuga	4532–4533
Holocene calendar	11432
Igbo calendar	432–433
Iranian calendar	810–811
Islamic calendar	835–836
Japanese calendar	Eikyō 4 (永享４年)
Javanese calendar	1347–1348
Julian calendar	1432 MCDXXXII
Korean calendar	3765
Minguo calendar	480 before ROC 民前480年
Nanakshahi calendar	−36
Thai solar calendar	1974–1975
Tibetan calendar	阴金猪年 (female Iron-Pig) 1558 or 1177 or 405     — to — 阳水鼠年 (male Water-Rat) 1559 or 1178 or 406

Events

January–December

• January 1 – Iliaș succeeds his father as Prince of Moldavia.^[1]
• Spring – An Albanian revolt, led by Gjergj Arianit Komneni, breaks out against the Ottoman Empire, and spreads through most of Albania.
• April – At the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Countess of Holland and Zeeland, is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour, ending Hainaut and Holland as independent counties.
• May 6 – Jan van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece is first presented to the public.^[2]
• June 1 – Battle of San Romano: Florence defeats Siena.
• August 31 – Sigismund Kęstutaitis attempts the capture or murder of Švitrigaila, his rival for the throne of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Švitrigaila manages to escape.
• December 8 – Lithuanian Civil War (1432–1438): The first battle between the forces of Švitrigaila and Sigismund Kęstutaitis is fought near the town of Oszmiana (Ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

Date unknown

• The Université de Caen is founded.^[3]
• The first baccalaureate service is believed to have originated at the University of Oxford.

Births

Mehmed II, the Conqueror

• January 15 – King Afonso V of Portugal (d. 1481)
• March 1 – Isabella of Coimbra, Portuguese infanta (d. 1455)
• March 2 – Countess Palatine Margaret of Mosbach, Countess consort of Hanau (d. 1457)
• March 30 – Mehmed II, the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)
• April 12 – Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, consort of William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1462)
• August 15 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (d. 1484)
• date unknown – Pope Innocent VIII (d. 1492)
• probable – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (d. 1488)

Deaths

• January 1 – Alexandru cel Bun, Prince of Moldavia
• January 22 – John of Schoonhoven, Flemish theologian (b. 1356)
• May 5 – Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer (executed)
• May 19 – Joan of Valois, Duchess of Alençon, French duchess (b. 1409)
• June 1 – Dan II, former Prince of Wallachia (killed in battle against Ottomans)
• June 13 – Uko Fockena, East Frisian chieftain (b. c. 1408)
• June 29 – Janus of Cyprus (b. 1375)
• October 19 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392)
• November 14 – Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford (b. 1404)
• date unknown
  • Gyaltsab Je, throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (b. 1364)
  • Art Mac Cathmhaoil, Bishop of Clogher
  • Centurione II Zaccaria, last Prince of Achaea, Baron of Arcadia

References

1. Ştefănescu, p.104-105; Xenopol (p.127) indicates 1444 as the end of his rule, in connection with Władysław III's death in the Battle of Varna.
2. "The Most Stolen Work of Art | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
3. C.A. Dubray (1908). "University of Caen". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. III. Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved February 7, 2008.