Major Events
- Jan 6 San Marco convent designed by architect Michelozzo, with an altarpiece by Fra Angelico is consecrated in the presence of Pope Eugenius IV in Florence
- Mar 3 Ferrante (later Ferdinand I), illegitimate son of Alfonso the Magnanimous, King of Naples, made Duke of Calabria and heir to the kingdom
- Nov 28 Albanian George Kastriotis Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania from the Ottomans and raise the Albanian flag.
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Who Died in 1443
- Jan 28 Robert le Maçon, Chancellor of France
- Apr 12 Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury
- May 9 Niccolo d'Albergati, Italian cardinal, dies at 70
- Jun 5 Ferdinand, the Holy Prince, Portuguese prince, dies serving as a hostage in Moorish Fez, at 40
- Aug 16 Ashikaga Yoshikatsu, Japanese shogun (b. 1434)
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