1424

Calendar year

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century 15th century 16th century
Decades:	1400s 1410s 1420s 1430s 1440s
Years:	1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427
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August 17: English armies overcome a larger French and Scottish force in defending Normandy in the Battle of Verneuil (illustration in the Vigiles du roi Charles VII )

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1424 in various calendars

Gregorian calendar 1424
MCDXXIV

Ab urbe condita 2177

Armenian calendar 873
ԹՎ ՊՀԳ

Assyrian calendar 6174

Balinese saka calendar 1345–1346

Bengali calendar 830–831

Berber calendar 2374

English Regnal year 2 Hen. 6 – 3 Hen. 6

Buddhist calendar 1968

Burmese calendar 786

Byzantine calendar 6932–6933

Chinese calendar 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit)
4121 or 3914
— to —
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
4122 or 3915

Coptic calendar 1140–1141

Discordian calendar 2590

Ethiopian calendar 1416–1417

Hebrew calendar 5184–5185

Hindu calendars

- Vikram Samvat 1480–1481

- Shaka Samvat 1345–1346

- Kali Yuga 4524–4525

Holocene calendar 11424

Igbo calendar 424–425

Iranian calendar 802–803

Islamic calendar 827–828

Japanese calendar Ōei 31
(応永31年)

Javanese calendar 1338–1339

Julian calendar 1424
MCDXXIV

Korean calendar 3757

Minguo calendar 488 before ROC
民前488年

Nanakshahi calendar −44

Thai solar calendar 1966–1967

Tibetan calendar 阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1550 or 1169 or 397
— to —
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
1551 or 1170 or 398

Year 1424 (MCDXXIV ) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.

Events

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January–March

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January 23 – William Cheyne becomes the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, replacing the late William Hankford.^[1]
February 1 – While negotiating his release from captivity, King James of Scotland is allowed to be married to Joan Beaufort in London, with a ceremony taking place at Southwark Cathedral.^[2]
February 12 – The coronation of Sophia of Halshany, wife of Władysław II Jagiełło, as Queen consort of Poland takes place at the Kraków Cathedral.^[3]
February 14 – Wars in Lombardy: The Army of the Florentine Republic, led by Captain Pandolfo III Malatesta, storms the city of Romagna.
March 28 – King James I of Scotland is released after having been held captive in England for 18 years. James is freed after putting his royal seal on a ransom treaty of 40,000,ドル secured by Scottish hostages taking his place, as agreed at Durham in England.^[4]

April–June

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April 5 – King James returns to Scotland for the first time since 1406, after being escorted to the border along with his wife Joan Beaufort, Queen consort, by English and Scottish nobles.^[4]
May 21 – The coronation of James I as King of Scotland takes place at Scone Abbey in the Scottish town of Scone. After the ceremony King James performs his first knighthood ceremony, honoring 18 prominent nobles.
June 2 – Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo, for the Kingdom of Naples, defeat Braccio da Montone, for Alfonso V of Aragon.

July –September

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July 28 – The Army of the Duchy of Milan, led by the Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, defeats the Republic of Florence Army, led by Carlo I Malatesta, in the Battle of Zagonara.^[5]
August 17 – Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Alençon is captured and Douglas killed.^[6]
September 7 – Prince Zhu Gaochi of China becomes the Emperor Renzong of the Ming dynasty, beginning the Hongxi era, after the August 12 death of his father, the Yongle Emperor.^[7]
September 13 – After the signing of a treaty between the different factions in the Hussite Wars, the Bohemian campaign is completed in what is now the Czech Republic.
September 23 – The Hussites, led by Jan Žižka, begin marching towards North Moravia to suppress the ongoing rebellion there.

October –December

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October 11 – Prokop the Great takes command of the Hussites after the death of Jan Žižka from the plague.^[8]
November 1 – Zhu Zhanji is designated as the Crown Prince of Ming dynasty China by his father, the Emperor Renzong. The Emperor dies eight months later and Zhu Zhanji becomes the Emperor Xuanzong on June 27, 1425.^[9]
November – The Bourges astronomical clock, designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in the Bourges Cathedral as a gift to the town from King Charles VII.^[10]
December 10 – Radu II Chelul becomes the Prince of Wallachia (now in Romania) for the third time, taking over from Dan II after an Ottoman invasion.

Date unknown

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Dalmatia: Aliota Capenna, lord of Lesina (nowadays Hvar), offers his realm to the Republic of Venice (also said to have occurred in 1409 and 1421).^[11]

Births

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January 1 – Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1436–1449) (d. 1449)
June 9 – Blanche II of Navarre (d. 1464)
August – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar (d. 1511)
October 31 – King Władysław III of Poland (d. 1444)
December 8 – Anselm Adornes, Merchant, politician and diplomat (d. 1483)
December 25 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (d. 1445)
August 10 or 1426 – Boniface III, Marquess of Montferrat (d. 1494)
date unknown – Abu Sa'id Mirza, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (d. 1469)
date unknown – Mary of Looz-Heinsberg, Dutch noble woman (d. 1502)^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

Deaths

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January 4 – Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
January 8 – Stephen Zaccaria, Latin Archbishop of Patras
April 14 – Lucia Visconti, English countess (b. 1372)^[16]
May 10 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan^[17]
June 5 – Braccio da Montone, Italian condottiero
June 10 – Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
June 16 – Johannes Ambundii, Archbishop of Riga
August 12 – Yongle Emperor of China (b. 1360)
August 17 – John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (b. c. 1381)
September 17 – Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Castilian royal (b. 1422)
October 11 – Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
date unknown – Joan II, Countess of Auvergne (b. 1378)
probable – Johannes Abezier, provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights (b. 1380)

References

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^ Powell, Edward (2004). "Cheyne, Sir William (d. 1443)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5264.
^ Weir, Alison (2008). Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster . London: Random House. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-345-45323-5.
^ Duczmal, Małgorzata (2012). Jogailaičiai (PDF). Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras. p. 425. ISBN 978-5-420-01703-6.
^ ^a ^b Brown, M. H. (2004). "James I" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/14587 . Retrieved May 16, 2010. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Peter Paret (1986). Makers of modern strategy: from Machiavelli to the nuclear age. Oxford University Press. p. 21.
^ Richard Wadge. "The Battle of Verneuil: a second Agincourt". The History Press. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
^ Dreyer, Edward L. (1982). Early Ming China: A Political History. Palo Alto CA: Stanford University Press. p. 222. ISBN 0-8047-1105-4.
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Prokop. Encyclopædia Britannica. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
^ Dreyer, Edward L (2007). Zheng He : China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433 (Library of World Biography Series ed.). New York: Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-0321084439.
^ Chevalier, Michel (1997). La France des cathédrales : du IV^e au XX^e (in French). Éditions Ouest-France. p. 327.
^ Stephanopoli, Dimo (1799). Voyage de Dimo et Nicolo Stephanopoli en Grèce,: pendant les années V et VI. Paris: Guilleminet.
^ Schutte, O. (1979). "Genealogische gegevens". In Tamse, C.A. (ed.). Nassau en Oranje in de Nederlandse geschiedenis (in Dutch). Alphen aan den Rijn: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 41. ISBN 90-218-2447-7.
^ Dek, A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. p. 69.
^ Blok, P.J. (1911). "Johan (Johann) IV, graaf van Nassau-Dillenburg". In Molhuysen, P.C. & Blok, P.J. (eds.). Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek (in Dutch). Vol. Eerste deel. Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff. p. 1219.
^ Vorsterman van Oyen, A.A. (1882). Het vorstenhuis Oranje-Nassau. Van de vroegste tijden tot heden (in Dutch). Leiden & Utrecht: A.W. Sijthoff & J.L. Beijers. p. 93.
^ Catholic Church. Province of Canterbury (England). Archbishop (1414-1443 : Chichele) (1938). The Register of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1414-1443. Clarendon Press. p. lx.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Japan Society of London (1925). Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, London. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Company. p. 112.

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