Editing 1436

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[[File:1436 Entrée Paris.jpg|200px|thumb|[[April 17]]: The French Army recaptures control of [[Paris]] and drives out the English occupying forces. (1787 painting by Jean-Simon Berthélémy)]]
[[File:View of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence.jpg|200px|thumb|[[August 30]]: The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is dedicated in [[Florence]].]]
{{C15 year in topic}}Year '''1436''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCDXXXVI]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]].

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 11]] &ndash; [[Eric of Pomerania]] is deposed from the Swedish throne for the second time, only three months after having been reinstated. [[Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson]] remains the leader of the land, in his capacity of ''rikshövitsman'', the military commander of the realm.
* [[February 14]] &ndash; In [[Yemen]], the Imam [[Al-Mansur Ali bin Salah ad-Din]] of the Zaidi state, becomes of one of the victims of a plague sweeping the kingdom. His son, an-Nasir Muhammad, becomes the new Imam but dies four weeks later.<ref>Alī ibn al-Ḥasan Khazrajī, ''The Pearl-Strings; A History of the Resuliyy Dynasty'' (translated by James W. Redhouse), Vol. II. (Leiden: Kessinger Publishing, 1908), pp. 258-259.</ref>
* [[February]] &ndash; [[Charles VIII of Sweden|Karl Knutsson Bonde]] becomes the [[:sv:Rikshövitsman|Rikshövitsman]] of the Swedish military jointly with Engelbrekt. The two will share the title until Engelbrekt's death two months later.
* [[March 21]] &ndash; Italian archaeologist [[Cyriacus of Ancona|Ciriaco Pizzecolli]], exploring at the Greek village of [[Kastri, Phocis|Kastri]]) [[Excavations at Delphi#The rediscovery of Delphi|rediscovers the site of Delphi]], eight centuries after it had been abandoned.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scott |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U26YDwAAQBAJ |title=Delphi: A History of the Center of the Ancient World |date=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |page=249 |isbn=978-0-691-16984-2}}</ref> More than four more centuries will pass before the ruins of the [[Temple of Apollo (Delphi)|Temple of Apollo]], the workplace of the [[Pythia|Oracle of Delphi]], will be found.<ref>{{Cite book 
|last=Gagarin |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lNV6-HsUppsC |title=The Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome. - Vol. 1 - 7 |date=2010 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-517072-6 |page=386}}</ref> 
* [[March 25]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene IV]] consecrates the [[Florence Cathedral|Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore]] on the first day of the year 1436 on the calendar used at the time in Florence and other locations, including Britain. Construction of the cathedral had started 140 years earlier in [[1296]] and was nearly complete with the finishing of a dome that had been engineered by [[Filippo Brunelleschi]]. the dome itself would be dedicated five months later.<ref name=King/>
* [[March 28]] &ndash; In Italy, the [[Republic of Genoa]] is revived after having been under the control of the [[Duchy of Milan]] for almost 15 years, and the 56-year-old mercenary leader [[Isnardo Guarco]] is elected as the [[Doge of Genoa]], with a lifetime appointment. Guarco is deposed only one week later.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GUARCO, Isnardo in "Dizionario Biografico" |url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/isnardo-guarco_(Dizionario-Biografico) |access-date=2020-07-26 |website=www.treccani.it |language=it-IT}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;July ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; After entering the city of [[Genoa]] with several thousand men, former Doge [[Tomaso di Campofregoso]] reclaims leadership of the Republic of Genoa.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Sergio |last1=Buonadonna |first2=Mario |last2=Mercenaro |title=Rosso doge. I dogi della Repubblica di Genova dal 1339 al 1797 ("Red Doges: The Doges of the Republic of Genoa from 1339 to 1797") |year=2007 |publisher=De Ferrari Editori |place=Genoa}}</ref>
* [[April 17]] &ndash;  [[Hundred Years War]]: [[Paris]] is [[Siege of Paris (1435–1436)|recaptured from the English]] by French forces.<ref>{{cite book| last=Pollard| date=1983| first=A. J.| title=John Talbot and the War in France 1427–1453| publisher=Royal Historical Society| place=London| page=219| isbn=978-0-901050-88-5| author-link=A. J. Pollard}}</ref>
* [[May 4]] &ndash; Swedish leader Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson is assassinated by aristocrat [[:sv:Måns Bengtsson (Natt och Dag)|Måns Bengtsson]] while he is on his way to Stockholm for negotiations. Karl Knutsson Bonde temporarily holds the position of leader of Sweden alone. The first meeting of the [[Riksdag of the Estates]] of Sweden takes place afterwards, in [[Uppsala]].<ref>Lars Olof Larsson, ''Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson och 1430-talets svenska uppror'' ("Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson and the Swedish rebellion of the 1430s")(P.A. Norstedt, 1984) {{ISBN|978-91-1-843212-5}}</ref> 
* [[June 25]]
** Scottish princess [[Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France|Margaret Stewart]] marries the future [[Louis XI of France]] in [[Tours]].
** The Incorporated Guild of Smiths in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] (England) is founded.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 5]] &ndash; The [[Hussite Wars]] effectively end in [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]]. [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund]] is accepted as King.
* [[July 29]] &ndash; French forces abandon their [[Siege of Calais (1436)|Siege of Calais]].
* [[August 30]] &ndash; [[Filippo Brunelleschi|Brunelleschi]]'s Dome at [[Florence Cathedral]] is dedicated.<ref name=King>{{cite book|first=Ross|last=King|title=Brunelleschi's Dome|location=London|publisher=Chatto & Windus|year=2000|isbn=0-7011-6903-6}}</ref>
* [[August 31]] &ndash; An [[Seventh siege of Gibraltar|attempt by Spain]] to recapture [[Gibraltar]] from the [[Moors]] fails as the expedition leader [[Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 2nd Count of Niebla|Enrique Pérez de Guzmán]] drowns along with 40 of his men after reaching the shore.<ref>Joseph F. O'Callaghan, ''The Last Crusade in the West: Castile and the Conquest of Granada'' (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014) p.80 ("He stormed the beach at low tide on 31 August 1436, but as the tide came in he withdrew to his ships and died trying to save some of his men from drowning.")</ref><ref>"Gibraltar Under Moor, Spaniard, and Briton", by Col. E. R. Kenyon, in ''The Royal Engineers Journal'' (September 1910) pp.166-167 ("The Count is drowned; and Don Juan withdraws August 31st.")</ref>
* [[September 1]] &ndash; Eric of Pomerania is once again reinstated as king of Sweden. Karl Knutsson, at the same time, resigns the post of rikshövitsman.
* [[September 10]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Piperdean]], fought near the border between Scotland and England, a force of 4,000 English troops led by the [[George de Dunbar, 11th Earl of March|George de Dunbar]] and the [[Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland|Earl of Northumberland]] to take back [[Dunbar Castle]] is repelled by the [[William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus|Earl of Angus]], who as [[Lord Warden of the Marches|Warden of the Scottish Marches]]. The Scots surprise the marching English troops and kill an estimated 1,500 men, including 40 knights, while losing 200 men of their own.<ref>George Ridpath, ''The Border History of England and Scotland'' (Edinburgh: Berwick 1776) p.401</ref>
* [[September 15]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene IV]] issues a supplement to his [[papal bull]] of 1435, ''[[Sicut dudum]]'' (which banned enslavement by Portugal of the people of the Canary Islands), by another bull, ''Romanus Pontifex'', allowing Portugal to conquer any of the Islands that had not yet been converted to Christianity.<ref>Richard Raiswell, [https://books.google.com/books?id=ATq5_6h2AT0C&pg=PA260 "Eugene IV, Papal bulls of"]. In Junius P. Rodriguez (ed.). ''The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery''. ABC-CLIO, 1997. {{ISBN|9780874368857}}</ref>

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 1]] &ndash; King [[James I of Scotland]] gives [[royal assent]] to numerous acts recently passed by the Scottish parliament, including the Place of Trial Act ("That the kingis Justice hald the law quhair the trespes wes done."), the Englishmen Act ("of assoverance and proteccion be Inglismen"), the Selling Salmon to English Men Act and the Import of Bullion Act.<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Acta Parliamentorum Regis Jacobi Primi |title=An Abridgement of the Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4H5hAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA2-PA5 |first=William |last=Alexander |publisher=Adam and Charles Black |location=Edinburgh |date=1841 |page=440 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>  
* [[October 6]] &ndash; The [[University of Turin]], originally created in [[1404]] is re-established in [[Turin]] in [[Italy]] after having been absent since [[1427]]. [[Louis of Piedmont|Prince Ludovico of Savoy]] grants [[duchy|ducal]] licenses to set up colleges of Law, of Arts and Medicine, and of Theology.
* [[October 29]] &ndash; The regents for King Henry VI summon members of the [[English Parliament]] to assemble on January 21 at Westminster. 
* [[November 10]] &ndash; The treaty between the [[Republic of Venice]] and the [[Byzantine Empire]] is renewed for five years in a signing at [[Constantinople]].<ref>{{DBI |first1=Raimondo |last1=Morozzo della Rocca |first2=Tommaso |last2=Bertelè |title=Badoer, Giacomo |volume=5 |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/giacomo-badoer_(Dizionario-Biografico)/}}</ref>
* [[December 20]] &ndash; King Charles VII of France arrives at [[Lyon]] to personally begin an inquiry into the rebellion that had lasted in the city for two months, ending on June 6, 1436. Ultimately, three rebels are executed and 120 others are permanently banished from Lyon.<ref>"A Popular Revolt in Lyons in the Fifteenth Century: The Rebeyne of 1436", by René Fédou, in ''The Recovery of France in the Fifteenth Century'', ed. P.S. Lewis, trans. G. F. Martin (New York: Harper Row, 1972) pp. 242-264</ref>
* [[December 30]] &ndash; In the Holy Roman Empire, at [[Heidelberg]], 13-year-old [[Louis IV, Elector Palatine|Ludwig IV of Wittelsbach]] becomes the new [[List of counts palatine of the Rhine|Elector of Palatine]], one of the seven imperial electors and ruler of the Rhineland, upon the death of his father, [[Louis III, Elector Palatine|Ludwig III]]. During his minority, Ludwig IV is guided by his uncle and guardian, [[Otto I, Count Palatine of Mosbach|Otto of Mosbach]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Vlad II Dracul]] seizes the recently vacated throne of [[Wallachia]], with Hungarian support.
* The [[Bosnian language]] is first mentioned in a document.
* Date of the [[Visoko]]m papers, the last direct sources on the [[old town of Visoki]].
* In [[Ming dynasty]] China, the inauguration of the [[Zhengtong Emperor]] takes place.
* In Ming dynasty China, a significant portion of the southern grain tax is commuted to payments in [[silver]], known as the Gold Floral Silver (''{{lang|zh|jinhuayin}}''). This comes about due to officials' and military generals' increasing demands to be paid in silver instead of grain, as commercial transactions draw more silver into nationwide circulation. Some counties have trouble transporting all the required grain to meet their tax quotas, so it makes sense to pay the government in silver, a [[medium of exchange]] that is already abundant amongst landowners, through their own private commercial affairs.
* The [[Florence|Florentine]] polymath [[Leon Battista Alberti]] begins writing the treatise ''On Painting'', in which he argues for the importance of mathematical perspective, in the creation of three-dimensional vision on a two-dimensional plane. This follows the ideas of [[Masaccio]], and his concepts of [[linear perspective]] and [[vanishing point]] in artwork.
* [[Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia]] becomes the first European to explore the western coast of Africa, past the [[Tropic of Cancer]].
* [[Johannes Gutenberg]] begins work on the [[printing press]].</onlyinclude>

== Births ==
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Ashikaga Yoshimasa]], Japanese shōgun (d. [[1490]])
* [[January 26]] &ndash; [[Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset]], Lancastrian military commander during the English [[Wars of the Roses]] (d. [[1464]])
* [[February 26]] &ndash; [[Imagawa Yoshitada]], 9th head of the Imagawa clan in Japan (d. [[1476]])
* [[April 4]] &ndash; [[Amalia of Saxony, Duchess of Bavaria]]-Landshut (d. [[1501]])
* [[June 6]] &ndash; [[Regiomontanus]], German astronomer (d. [[1476]])
* [[November 5]] &ndash; [[Richard Grey, 3rd Earl of Tankerville]], English nobleman, attainted as a Yorkist supporter during the Wars of the Roses (d. [[1466]])
* [[November 16]] &ndash; [[Leonardo Loredan]], Doge of Venice (d. [[1521]])
* [[November 26]] &ndash; Princess [[Catherine of Portugal (nun)|Catherine of Portugal]], nun and writer (d. [[1463]])
* ''date unknown''
** [[Sheikh Hamdullah]], Anatolian Islamic calligrapher (d. [[1520]])
** [[Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros]], Spanish cardinal and statesman (d. [[1517]])
** [[Hernando del Pulgar]], Spanish writer (d. {{Circa|1492}})
** Abi Ahmet Celebi, chief physician of the [[Ottoman Empire]] (writer of a study on kidney and bladder stones; supporter of the research of Jewish doctor Musa Colinus ul-Israil on the application of drugs; founder of the first Ottoman medical school)

== Deaths ==
* Winter &ndash; [[Alexander I Aldea]], Prince of [[Wallachia]] (probably of illness) (b.1397)
* [[May 4]] &ndash; [[Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson]], Swedish statesman and rebel leader (murdered) (b. c. [[1390]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov|title=Great Soviet Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEoNAQAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Macmillan|page=239}}</ref>
* [[October 8]] &ndash; [[Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut]], Dutch sovereign (b. [[1401]])
* [[December 30]] &ndash; [[Louis III, Elector Palatine]] (b. [[1378]])
* ''date unknown'' &ndash; [[Qāḍī Zāda al-Rūmī]], Persian mathematician (b. [[1364]])

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