Year 1432 was a leap year starting on Tuesday.
Events of 1432
April – At the end of the Hook and Cod wars, Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland is forced by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, to abdicate all her estates in his favour; end of Hainaut and Holland as independent counties. June 1 – Battle of San Romano – Florence defeats Siena. Foundation of Université de Caen.
Births
January 15 – King Afonso V of Portugal (died 1481) March 30 – Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (died 1481) August 15 – Luigi Pulci, Italian poet (died 1484) date unknown Pope Innocent VIII (died 1492) Isabel of Coimbra, queen of Portugal (died 1455) probable – Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (died 1488)
Deaths
January 22 – John of Schoonhoven, theologian (born 1356) May 5 – Francesco Bussone da Carmagnola, Italian adventurer (executed) June 29 – Janus of Cyprus (born 1375) October 19 – John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (born 1392) date unknown – Gyaltsab Je, throne holder of the Gelug tradition of Buddhism (born 1364)