FACTOID # 140: In Switzerland, the average person has to work for 102 minutes to buy a kilogram of beef - one of the longest times in the developed world. On the other hand, they only have work 14 hours to buy a refrigerator for it.
 
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Encyclopedia > 1428
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Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births John II, Duke of Lorraine (died 1470) Edmund Sutton, English nobleman (died 1483) Deaths January 18 - Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (born 1391) March 17 - Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Japanese shogun (born 1407) May 24 - Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of... Events March 6 - Battle of St. ... Events Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ... Events January 10 - Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, founds the European Order of the Golden Fleece February 12 - Battle of Rouvray (or of the Herrings). English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the Earl of Suffolks army at Orleans from attack by... // Events May 23 - Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne The Ottoman Empire captures Thessalonica from the Venetians First use of optical methods in the creation of Art A map of Europe in 1430. ... Events February 21 - The trial of Joan of Arc March 3 - Eugenius IV becomes Pope May 30 - In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and Trends 1392 Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup détat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan 1394 Expulsion of Jews from France 1395 End of reign of... Events and Trends Categories: 1400s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1410s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1420s ... Events and Trends A map of Europe in the 1430s. ... Events and Trends Categories: 1440s ... Events and Trends Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. ... These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...

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October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, (1388 - November 3, 1428), was an English nobleman. ... Orléans Cathedral, dedicated to the Holy Cross, built from 1278 to 1329; after being pillaged by Huguenots in the 1560s, the Bourbon kings restored it in the 17th century. ... Comte Jean de Dunois (Jean dOrléans) (November 23, 1402 - November 24, 1468) was the bastard of Louis dOrléans (Duc dOrléans 1372-1407) and Mariette dEnghien. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... William de la Pole, 4th Earl and 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396- May 2, 1450), was an important English soldier and commander in the Hundred Years War, and later Lord Chamberlain of England. ... Emperor Go-Hanazono (後花園天皇) (July 10, 1419 - January 18, 1471) was the 102nd imperial ruler of Japan, reigning from September 7, 1428 until August 21, 1464. ... Itzcóatl was the leader of the Tenochcas or Aztec from 1427/1428 to 1440. ... The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. ... Tenochtitlan, looking east. ...

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May 3 is the 123rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (124th in leap years). ... Pedro González de Mendoza (May 3, 1428 - January 11, 1495), Spanish cardinal and statesman, was the fourth son of Íñigo López de Mendoza, marquess of Santillana, and duke of Infantado. ... 1495 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... Zhu Qiyu (September 21, 1428–March 14, 1457) was Emperor of China from the Ming Dynasty from 1449 to 1457 as the Jingtai Emperor. ... Events University of Freiburg founded. ... Donato Acciaiuoli (1428-1478), was an Italian scholar. ... Events February 18 - George, Duke of Clarence, convicted of treason against his older brother Edward IV of England, is privately executed in the Tower of London. ... Abulkhair Khan (1428–1468) was the leader of the Uzbek confederation from which the Kazakh khanate separated in rebellion under Janybek Khan and Kerei Khan beginning in 1466. ... Events Baeda Maryam succeeds his father Zara Yaqob as Emperor of Ethiopia Battle of RigómezÅ‘ Births February 29 - Pope Paul III (died 1549) Juan del Encina, Spanish poet, dramatist and composer Charles I of Savoy John, Elector of Saxony (died 1532) Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Franciscan prelate and... Didrik Pining also Dietrich or Diderik (born ca. ... Leonor of Viseu (1458-1525) was a Princess and later Queen of Portugal. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick (1428 – April 14, 1471), was also known as Warwick the Kingmaker. ... This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ...

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