Major Events May 6 Renaissance masterpiece The Ghent Altarpiece by Hubert and Jan van Eyck is consecrated at St Bravo's Cathedral, Belgium, commissioned by wealthy merchants Born in 1432 Afonso VJanuary 15 Mehmed the ConquerorMarch 30 More People Born in 1432 Who Died in 1432 Oct 19 John de Mowbray, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1392) 1431 History by Year 1433 World Leaders in 1432 James I