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1431| 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. | | 1431 | Rome [births and deaths] | Alexander VI (original name Rodrigo Borgia), Pope 1492–1503, notorious for his corruption and worldliness, father of Cesare and Lucretia Borgia, born in Játiva, Aragon, Spain (–1503). | | 3 March 1431 | Papal States, Italy [administration] | Gabriel Condulmer is elected Pope Eugenius IV. | | 30 May 1431 | France, England [administration] | After being captured by Burgundian troops and then handed over to English troops, the French military leader Joan of Arc is burnt as a heretic in Rouen, France. | | 14 August 1431 | Bohemia, Holy Roman Empire [wars] | A crusading army led by Cardinal Cesarini flees from Domažlice, Bohemia, on the approach of the Bohemians: the fifth anti-Hussite crusade fails. | | 16 December 1431 | England, France [political events] | The nine-year old King Henry VI of England is crowned as king of France in Paris, France. |
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