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1428| 1100–1532 | South America [administration] | The Inca empire dominates the Andes region of South America. Its population numbers as many as 12 million. Incan society is based on a strict hierarchy, with an emperor who rules with absolute power. Their religion is based on sun-worship, and they are skilled builders who create a system of roads and irrigation. | | 1428 | Italy [painting] | Italian artists Masaccio (Tommaso di Giovanni di Simone Guidi) and Masolino da Pinicale paint frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in the Church of Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy. Masaccio's works there, painted according to the newly discovered principles of linear perspective, and with a solidity and drama not seen since Giotto, are among the most important works of the early Renaissance. | | c. 1428 | Flanders [painting] | The Flemish artist Robert Campin (the Master of Flémalle) paints The Mérode Altarpiece. | | 1428 | Annam, China, Ming Empire [political events] | The leader of the Vietnamese resistance to Chinese occupation, Le Loi, having defeated the Chinese, declares himself emperor of Dai Viet (Vietnam) as Le Thaito, establishing the Le dynasty. The Ming recognize him on his admission of Chinese suzerainty. |
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