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Year 1421 (MCDXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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January–December

  • February 2 – Yongle Emperor, the third emperor of Ming Dynasty shifted the Ming capital from Nanjing to Beijing.
  • March 21 – Battle of Baugé: A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy.
  • May 26 – Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son Murad II.
  • November 17–November 19 – St. Elizabeth's flood: The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea; 72 villages are drowned, killing about 10,000 people.

    • Date unknown

  • John III of Dampierre, Marquis of Namur, sells his estates to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
  • The first patent is issued by the Republic of Florence.
  • Portuguese sailors sent by Henry the Navigator cross the Cape Non, going as far as the Cape Bojador.
  • Traditional date – Foundation of Larabanga Mosque in modern-day northern Ghana.
  • The Ming dynasty possibly discovered the Americas, according to amateur historian Gavin Menzies in his book 1421: The Year China Discovered America, although this claim is largely disputed.

    • Births

  • March 9 – Francesco Sassetti, Italian banker (d. 1490)
  • May 29 – Charles, Prince of Viana (d. 1461)
  • June 3 – Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1463)
  • July 25 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)
  • August 1 – Thomas Dutton, medieval English knight (d. 1459)
  • October 10 – John Paston, English politician (d. 1466)
  • December 6 – King Henry VI of England (d. 1471)
  • date unknown
  • Sōgi, Buddhist priest and Japanese poet (died 1502)
  • Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France
  • Ponhea Yat, ruler of the Khmer Empire (died 1467)

    • Deaths

  • January 10 – Niccolò I Trinci, lord of Foligno (assassinated)
  • March 22 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (born 1388)
  • April 21 – John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (born 1385)
  • May – Balša III, ruler of Zeta
  • May 26 – Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)

    • References

    1421 Wikipedia
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