    __notoc__ year 1432 (mcdxxxii) was a leap year starting on tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the julian calendar. == events == * spring &ndash; an albanian revolt, led by gjergj arianit komneni, breaks out against the ottoman empire and spreads through most of albania. * april &ndash; at the end of the hook and cod wars, jacqueline, countess of hainaut and countess of holland and zeeland is forced by philip the good, duke of burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour, ending hainaut and holland as independent counties. * may 6 &ndash; jan van eyck's ghent altarpiece is first presented to the public. * june 1 &ndash; battle of san romano: florence defeats siena. * august 31 &ndash; sigismund kÄstutaitis attempts a capture or murder of Å vitrigaila, his rival for the throne of the grand duchy of lithuania. Å vitrigaila manages to escape. * december 8 &ndash; the first battle between the forces of Å vitrigaila and sigismund kÄstutaitis is fought near the town of oszmiana (ashmyany), launching the most active phase of the civil war in the grand duchy of lithuania. === date unknown === * the universitÃ© de caen is founded. * the first baccalaureate service is believed to have originated at the university of oxford in 1432. == births == * january 15 &ndash; king afonso v of portugal (d. 1481) * march 1 &ndash; isabella of coimbra, queen of portugal (d. 1455) * march 30 &ndash; mehmed ii, the conqueror, ottoman sultan (d. 1481) * august 15 &ndash; luigi pulci, italian poet (d. 1484) * date unknown &ndash; pope innocent viii (d. 1492) * probable &ndash; alvise cadamosto, italian explorer (d. 1488) == deaths == * january 22 &ndash; john of schoonhoven, theologian (b. 1356) * may 5 &ndash; francesco bussone da carmagnola, italian adventurer (executed) * june 29 &ndash; janus of cyprus (b. 1375) * october 19 &ndash; john de mowbray, 2nd duke of norfolk, english politician (b. 1392) * date unknown ** gyaltsab je, throne holder of the gelug tradition of buddhism (b. 1364) ** art mac cathmhaoil, bishop of clogher ** centurione ii zaccaria, last prince of achaea, baron of arcadia == references ==  
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