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Year 1428 (MCDXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
- February 2 – 1428 Catalonia earthquake. The earthquake takes place during Candlemas, striking the region of Catalonia, especially Roussillon, with an epicentre near Camprodon. The earthquake is one of a series of related seismic events that shake Catalonia in a single year. Beginning on 23 February 1427, tremors are felt in March, April, 15 May at Olot.[1][2]
- May – Joan of Arc makes her first attempt to reach the Armagnac court at Chinon in support of Charles VII of France but is rebuffed.[3]
- June 3 – Dan II leads an army against the Ottomans at Golubac Fortress, obtaining a treaty that will allow him a semi-peaceful rule in Wallachia, until 1432.
- August 7 – The Valais witch trials begin in Swiss Savoy.[4]
- August 30 – Emperor Go-Hanazono accedes to the throne of Japan.
- October 12 – English forces under Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, besiege Orléans. Jean de Dunois, the Bastard of Orléans, commands the defenders.[5]
- 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.
- February 3 – Helena Palaiologina, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1458)
- April 7 – William Percy, late medieval Bishop of Carlisle (d. 1462)
- May 3 – Pedro González de Mendoza, Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. 1495)
- July 4 – Filippo Strozzi the Elder, Italian banker (d. 1491)
- September 21 – Jingtai Emperor of China (d. 1457)
- November 2 – Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (d. 1483)
- November 22 – Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, English nobleman, known as "the Kingmaker" (d. 1471)[7]
- December 4 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (1429–1511) (d. 1511)
- date unknown – Donato Acciaioli, Italian scholar (d. 1478)
- probable – Didrik Pining, German explorer (approximate date)
- January 4 – Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (b. 1370)
- February 3 – Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shōgun (b. 1386)
- June 12 – Zawisza Czarny, Polish knight and diplomat
- August 27 – John I of Münsterberg, Duke of Ziebice (b. 1370)
- August 30 – Emperor Shōkō, emperor of Japan (b. 1401)
- Autumn – Masaccio, Italian painter (b. 1401)
- November 3 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)[8]
- November 4 – Sophia of Bavaria, Queen regent of Bohemia (b. 1376)
- date unknown
- probable – John Purvey, English theologian (b. 1353)
- ^ Joan Toralles describes the Olot quake in a brief notice in his Noticiari.
- ^ Banda, E.; Correig, A. M. (1984), "The Catalan earthquake of February 2, 1428", Engineering Geology, 20 (1–2), Elsevier: 89–97, Bibcode:1984EngGe..20...89B, doi:10.1016/0013-7952(84)90045-0
- ^ DeVries, Kelly (1999). Joan of Arc: A Military Leader. Stroud: Sutton Publishing. pp. 40–1. ISBN 9780750918053. OCLC 42957383.
- ^ Burns, William E. (2003). Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 296. ISBN 9780313321429.
- ^ The First Biography of Joan of Arc: Translated and Annotated by Daniel Rankin and Claire Quintal. University of Pittsburgh Pre. February 15, 1964. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-8229-7540-3.
- ^ Richardson, John (2000). The Annals of London: A Year-by-year Record of a Thousand Years of History. University of California Press. p. 63. ISBN 9780520227958.
- ^ "Richard Neville, 16th earl of Warwick | English noble | Britannica". www.britannica.com. April 10, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Wiltshire Notes and Queries. 1905. p. 489.