1435 CE
Stjepan Vukčić Kosača becomes the new Grand Duke of Bosnia upon the death of his uncle, Sandalj Hranić. The Treaty of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy ends the English-Burgundian alliance. The Treaty of Arras is agreed between Charles VII and Philip the Good leads to the end of the Anglo-Burgundian Alliance. This is major blow to long-term English hopes during the Hundred Years War.
In the 1430s, the 15th century.
Geopolitics & Diplomacy
- January 11 – Sweden's first Riksdag of the Estates is summoned under rebel leader Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, who is elected rikshövitsman (military commander of the realm), in the absence of a king, on January 13.source
- July 5 – The regency for King Henry VI summons the members of the English Parliament, directing them to assemble at Westminster on October 10.source
- September 21 – The Treaty of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy ends the English-Burgundian alliance.source
- 21 September – The Treaty of Arras is agreed between Charles VII and Philip the Good leads to the end of the Anglo-Burgundian Alliance. This is major blow to long-term English hopes during the Hundred Years WarFrancesource
- October 10 – As the English Parliament opens, the English House of Commons elects John Tyrrell as its speaker.source
- October 14 – Eric of Pomerania is reinstated as king of Sweden, only briefly, however, he is once again deposed in January of the following year.source
- December 23 – As the English Parliament closes, King Henry VI's regents give royal assent to new legislation, including the Safe Conducts Act 1435, the Wools and Fells Act (directing that wool not be exported from England to any other location except Calais), and the Alien Goods Act (subtitled "Merchandises taken in Ships of the King's Enemies, though belonging to Foreigners in Amity with the King, shall not be restored")source
- December 31 – The Peace of Brześć Kujawski is signed by representatives of the State of the Teutonic Order to make peace with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania to end the Polish–Teutonic War, with the Teutonic Order agreeing to end its support of the former Grand Duke Svitrigaila and to not interfere further with Polish and Lithuanian affairs.source
Conflict & Security
- February 2 – The Kingdom of Naples passes to René of Anjou.source
- 9 May – The Battle of Gerberoy is fought between France and EnglandFrancesource
- June 1 – The Siege of Paris begins as the French royalists of King Charles VII attempt to retake control of the French capital, defended by the supporters of England's King Henry VI. The siege lasts for 10 months but Paris is surrendered to the royalists on April 17.source
- July 17 – Peace of Vordingborg is signed, ending the war between the Hanseatic League of German cities (Hamburg, Lübeck, Lüneburg, Rostock, Stralsund and Wismar) and the Scandinavian Kalmar Union of Denmark and Sweden. King Eric VII of Denmark and Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein sign, along with Hein Hoyer, representing the League, at Vordingborg Castle. Denmark cedes the Duchy of Schleswig to Holstein and agrees to stop interfering with the League, to end ten years of war.source
- August 4 – The Battle of Podraga is fought to a draw between the two claimants to the throne of Moldavia, Iliaș and Stephen II, sons of the late voivode Alexander the Good, begin joint rule of Moldavia after intervention by the King of Poland.source
- August 5 – In the Battle of Ponza, the navy of the Duchy of Milan decisively defeats King Alfonso V of Aragon who is captured.source
- September 1 – In the Battle of Wiłkomierz, Grand Duke Sigismund Kęstutaitis decisively defeats his predecessor, Švitrigaila, in the decisive battle of the civil war in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.source
- 4 October – The siege of Saint-Denis ends in an English victoryFrancesource
- November 16 – The French port of Dieppe, occupied by the English Army since its capture in 1420, is retaken by French royalists led by Charles Desmarais and Pierre de Rieux.source
Exploration & Expansion
- Gil Eanes and Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia explore the coast of Africa, as far as the Angra dos Ruivos (in modern-day Western Sahara).source
Religion & Belief
- January 13 – Sicut Dudum, a papal bull forbidding the enslavement of the Guanche natives in Canary Islands by the Spanish, is promulgated by Pope Eugene IV.source
- March 8 – Prince Zhu Qiyu, who will become the Emperor of China in 1449, is appointed as the Prince of Cheng in the name of the Emperor Yingzong of Ming.source
- April 13 – In Germany, Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg becomes the direct administrator of the Duchy of Pomerania-Stettin upon the death of Casmir V, and acts as regent for Casimir's 8-year-old son, Joachim of Griffin.source
- December 4 – The Livonian Confederation, with a capital at Valka (now on the border of Latvia and Lithuania) is formed by an agreement signed at Valka by the Archbishop of Riga; Courland; the Dorpat; the Ösel–Wiek and bishops of Courland, Dorpat, Ösel-Wiek and Reval; the representatives of the Livonian Order and its vassals; and the deputies of Riga, Reval and Dorpat city municipal councils.source
- Enea Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, is sent by Cardinal Albergati on a secret mission to Scotland and Northern England.source
- Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy.source
Health & Medicine
- China returns to a policy of isolation.source
Disasters & Accidents
- May 8 – The German city of Speyer sets a six-month deadline for its Jewish community to leave, as the council passes a decree declaring that "The council is compelled to banish the Jews, but it has no designs upon their lives or their property. It only revokes their rights of citizenship and of settlement. Until November 11 they are at liberty to go whither they please with all their property, and in the meantime they may make final disposition of their business affairs."source
Culture & Society
Births
- January 20 – Ashikaga Yoshimasa, shōgun (died 1490)source
- February 1 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (died 1472)source
- April 8 – John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford, English noble (died 1461)source
- April 16 – Jan II the Mad, Duke of Żagań (1439–1449 and 1461–1468 and again in 1472) (died 1504)source
- May 4 – Joan of France, Duchess of Bourbon, French princess (died 1482)source
- 4 May – Joan of France, Duchess of Bourbon, princes (died 1482)Francesource
- October 24 – Andrea della Robbia, Italian artist (died 1525)source
- Kim Si-sŭp, Korean scholar and author (died 1493)source
- Andrea del Verrocchio, Florentine sculptor (approximate date; d. 1488)source
- Sophie of Pomerania, Duchess of Pomerania (died 1497)source
- Johannes Tinctoris, Flemish music theorist and composer (approximate date; d. 1511)source
- Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (died 1504)source
- Yoshida Kanetomo, Shinto priest (died 1511)source
- Jean Molinet, French poet and chronicler (died 1507)source
- Unknown – Jean Molinet, writer and composer (died 1507)Francesource
- Unknown – Jean de Baudricourt, Marshal of France (died 1499)Francesource
Deaths
- January 31 – Xuande Emperor of China (born 1399)source
- January 31 – China's Emperor Xuanzong dies after a nine-year reign, leaving a question of whether his younger brother Zhu Zhanshan, or his 7-year-old son, Crown Prince Zhu Qizhen, should be the successor.source
- February 2 – Queen Joanna II of Naples (born 1371)source
- March 27 – Spytek z Tarnowa i Jarosławia, Polish noblemansource
- May 9 – The French Army, led by Jean Poton de Xaintrailles and Étienne de Vignolles ("La Hire") wins the Battle of Gerberoy, despite being outnumbered 3 to 1 by the English Army under John FitzAlan. the French lose no more than 30 soldiers while the English lose over 1,000, including FitzAlan, who is fatally wounded and died on June 12.source
- June 12 – John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (born 1408)source
- September 9 – Sir Robert Harling, English knight under the Duke of Bedfordsource
- September 14 – John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, regent of England (born 1389)source
- September 24 – Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of Charles VI of Francesource
- 24 September – Isabeau of Bavaria, former Queen of France (born 1370)Francesource
- September 27 – Savvatiy, Russian monastery foundersource
- October 9 – Paweł Włodkowic, Polish scholar (born 1370)source
- October 13 – Hermann II of Celje, Ban of Croatiasource
- December 30 – Bonne of Berry, Regent of Savoy (born 1362)source
- date unknown – Abd al-Qadir Maraghi, musician and artistsource