1429

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s
Years:	1426 1427 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432

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Minguo calendar

483 before ROC 民前483年
Nanakshahi calendar	−39
Thai solar calendar	1971–1972
Tibetan calendar	阳土猴年 (male Earth-Monkey) 1555 or 1174 or 402     — to — 阴土鸡年 (female Earth-Rooster) 1556 or 1175 or 403

Year 1429 (MCDXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar

• Battle of Rouvray (or "of the Herrings"): English forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy, which is carrying rations (food) to the army of William de la Pole, 4th Earl of Suffolk at Orléans, from attack by the Comte de Clermont and John Stewart.^[1]
• April 29 – Siege of Orléans: Joan of Arc enters Orléans with a relief expedition.^[2]
• May 7 – The Tourelles, the last English siege fortification at Orléans, falls. Joan of Arc becomes the hero of the battle by returning, wounded, to lead the final charge.
• May 8 – The English, weakened by disease and lack of supplies, depart Orléans.
• June 18 – Battle of Patay: French forces under Joan of Arc smash the English forces under Lord Talbot and Sir John Fastolf, forcing the withdrawal of the English from the Loire Valley.
• Rheims.^[3]
• September – The Hafsid Saracens attempt to capture Malta, but are repelled by its defenders.
• September 8 – Joan of Arc leads an unsuccessful attack on Paris, and is wounded.
• November 4 – Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War: Joan of Arc liberates Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier.
• November 24 – Joan of Arc besieges La Charité.

Date unknown

• Fire destroys Turku.
• A series of seven
  Ming Dynasty's Yongle Emperor
  .

• January 17 – Antonio del Pollaiuolo, Italian artist (d.c. 1498)
• date unknown – Peter, Constable of Portugal (d. 1466)
• probable – Mino da Fiesole, Florentine sculptor (d. 1484)

Deaths

• Medici dynasty of Florence (b. c. 1360
  )
• Ghiyath al-Kashi, Persian mathematician and astronomer (b. 1380
  )
• July 4 – Carlo I Tocco, ruler of Epirus (b. 1372)
• July 12 – Jean Gerson, chancellor of the University of Paris (b. 1363)
• Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria (b. 1394
  )
• October – Alexios IV Megas Komnenos, Empire of Trebizond (b. 1382)
• date unknown – Emperor
  Yeshaq I of Ethiopia (b. 1414
  )