1434

Events

January 9 – (Rajab 9, 837 AH) King Alfonso V of Aragon ruler of the Kingdom of Sicily as well, contracts with tapestry weaver Guillem d'Uxelles to Flanders to begin learning the Flemish methods to be duplicated in Spain, beginning the "Hispano-Flemish" style.
February 19 – In India, Mubarak Shah II, the Sultan of Delhi, is assassinated. His nephew, Muhammad Shah IV becomes the new Sultan.
March 16 – Muscovite War of Succession: Yury of Zvenigorod defeats his nephew, Vasily II, Grand Prince of Moscow, in a battle at Rostov, about from Moscow.
March 31 – Yury of Zvenigorod marches into Moscow with his army and plunders Vasily II's treasury.

April 14 – The foundation stone of Nantes Cathedral in Nantes, Brittany, is laid.
May 30 – Hussite Wars – Battle of Lipany: The Catholics and Utraquists defeat the Taborites, ending the Hussite Wars.
June 20 – Zara Yaqob becomes Emperor of Ethiopia.
June 24 – Iron mine owner Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson begins the Engelbrekt rebellion in Sweden against King Erik, starting with an attack against the town of BorlÃÂ¤nge, followed by KÃÂ¶pingehus, burning down offices there and then marching on towards VÃÂ¤sterÃÂ¥s.

July 5– Slightly more than three months after claiming the Grand Principality of Moscow, Yury of Zvenigorod dies suddenly at the age of 59 and is succeeded by his son, Vasily Kosoy.
July 10– In the Kingdom of LeÃÂ³n in Spain, Suero de QuiÃÂ±ones and his companions stage the Passo Honroso, at the bridge across the ÃÂrbigo River near Santiago de Compostela. Any knight attempting to cross the bridge is challenged to a joust by the QuiÃÂ±ones knights. The challenge continues for the next 30 days.
July 25 – The coronation of Wladyslaw III as King of Poland takes place at the Wawel Cathedral in KrakÃÂ³w.
August 9 – After fighting 166 jousts, and sustaining injuries over a month, QuiÃÂ±ones and his men end the Passo Honroso.
August 16 – King Eric of Pomerania is deposed from the Swedish throne at a meeting in Vadstena, though he still retains power in Denmark and Norway.
August – Portuguese explorer Gil Eanes and his crew sail around the dangerous Cape Bojador of North Africa (off of Western Sahara) and survive, becoming the first Europeans to make the voyage and ending the legends about what lies on the other side of the "Dark Sea". The achievement is a breakthrough in trade between Europe and Asia.
September 29 – Pope Eugene IV issues the papal bull Regimini gregis, condemning the enslavement by the Kingdom of Castile of the Guanches, the indigenous people of the Canary Islands. An order to free the slaves follows three months later.

October 6 – Cosimo de' Medici returns to Florence, one year after being exiled by the Albizzi and Strozzi faction.
October 21 – The University of Catania is founded in Italy.
November 12 –
RenÃÂ© of Anjou becomes the new Count of Provence and Duke of Anjou, as well as a claimant to the title of King of Naples, upon the death of his brother, Louis III.
Bishop Nils Ragvaldsson of Sweden delivers a speech at the Council of Basel, arguing the Kingdom of Sweden and its monarch, Eric of Pomerania deserve senior rank over the Spanish delegation.
December 17 – Pope Eugene IV issues the papal bull Creator Omnium, directing the freedom of the Canary Island slaves within 15 days after the bull is received.

Jan van Eyck paints the Arnolfini Portrait.
In Ming Dynasty China, a long episode of drought, flood, locust infestation, and famine cripple agriculture and commerce in areas throughout the country, until 1448.

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