1426
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1423 1424 1425 – 1426 – 1427 1428 1429 |
| 1426 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
Year 1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1426
- March 6 – Battle of St. James (near Avranches): An English army under John, Duke of Bedford defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont, forcing the Duke of Brittany to recognize English suzerainty.
- June 16 – Hussite Wars – Battle of Usti nad Labem: The Hussites decisively beat the crusading armies in the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade.
- July 7 – Battle of Chirokitia
- "Castello Orsini-Odescalchi" is built in Bracciano, Italy by the Orsini family.
- Eunuch-dominated secret police start to control the palace guards and imperial workshops, infiltrate the civil service and head all foreign missions in China.
| Gregorian calendar | 1426 MCDXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2179 |
| Armenian calendar | 875 ԹՎ ՊՀԵ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -418 – -417 |
| Berber calendar | 2376 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1970 |
| Burmese calendar | 788 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6934 – 6935 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙巳年十一月廿三日 (4062/4122-11-23) — to —
丙午年十二月初三日(4063/4123-12-3) |
| Coptic calendar | 1142 – 1143 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1418 – 1419 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5186 – 5187 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1481 – 1482 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1348 – 1349 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4527 – 4528 |
| Holocene calendar | 11426 |
| Iranian calendar | 804 – 805 |
| Islamic calendar | 829 – 830 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 33 (応永33年) |
| Korean calendar | 3759 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1969 |
[edit] Births
- February – Christian of Oldenburg, later King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- date unknown
- William Brandon, English nobleman (d. 1485)
- John II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1488)
- Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492)
[edit] Deaths
- December – Pipo of Ozora, Hungarian military leader
- December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1377)
- date unknown
- Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt
- Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
