1430 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1400s 1410s 1420s – 1430s – 1440s 1450s 1460s
Years:	1427 1428 1429 – 1430 – 1431 1432 1433

Events of 1430

May 14 – First French attempts 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.
First use of optical methods in the creation of art.
Janissaries are created.

A map of Europe in 1430 (click image to enlarge).

1430 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1430 MCDXXX
Ab urbe condita	2183
Armenian calendar	879 ԹՎ ՊՀԹ
Assyrian calendar	6180
Balinese saka calendar	1351–1352
Bengali calendar	837
Berber calendar	2380
English Regnal year	8 Hen. 6 – 9 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1974
Burmese calendar	792
Byzantine calendar	6938–6939
Chinese calendar	己酉年 (Earth Rooster) 4126 or 4066 — to — 庚戌年 (Metal Dog) 4127 or 4067
Coptic calendar	1146–1147
Discordian calendar	2596
Ethiopian calendar	1422–1423
Hebrew calendar	5190–5191
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1486–1487
- Shaka Samvat	1351–1352
- Kali Yuga	4530–4531
Holocene calendar	11430
Igbo calendar	430–431
Iranian calendar	808–809
Islamic calendar	833–834
Japanese calendar	Eikyō 2 (永享２年)
Javanese calendar	1345–1346
Julian calendar	1430 MCDXXX
Korean calendar	3763
Minguo calendar	482 before ROC 民前482年
Nanakshahi calendar	−38
Thai solar calendar	1972–1973
Tibetan calendar	阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1556 or 1175 or 403 — to — 阳金狗年 (male Iron-Dog) 1557 or 1176 or 404

January 29? – Andrei Rublev, Russian iconographer (born 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 (born 1352)
date unknown
- Thomas FitzAlan, English nobleman
- Christine de Pizan, proto-feminist writer