1434
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1400s 1410s 1420s - 1430s - 1440s 1450s 1460s |
| Years: | 1431 1432 1433 - 1434 - 1435 1436 1437 |
[change] Events of 1434
- April 14, The foundation stone of Cathedral St. Peter and St. Paul in Nantes, France was laid.
- May 30, Battle of Lipany in the Hussite Wars
- Jan van Eyck paints the wedding of Giovanni Arnolfini
- Explorer Gil Eanes reaches Cape Bojador in Western Sahara. In the same year, Portuguese traders deliver their first cargo of African slaves to Lisbon.
- Zara Yaqob becomes Emperor of Ethiopia
| 1434 in other calendars | |
| Gregorian calendar | 1434 |
| Ab urbe condita | 2187 |
| Chinese calendar | 4070 – 4071 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5193 – 5194 |
| Hindu calendars – Vikram Samvat – Shaka Samvat – Kali Yuga |
1489 – 1490 1356 – 1357 4535 – 4536 |
| Iranian calendar | 812 – 813 |
| Islamic calendar | 854 – 855 |
| Runic calendar | 1684 |
[change] Births
- March 19 - Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (died 1443)
- September 23 - Yolande of Valois, Duchess of Savoy (died 1478)
[change] Deaths
- 30 May
- June 11 - King Wladislaus II of Poland
- June 19 - Alexandra of Lithuania, Duchess of Masovia
- November 12 - King Louis III of Naples (b. 1403)
- date unknown
- John I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1381)
- Amda Iyasus, Emperor of Ethiopia
