1422

Updated on Oct 10, 2024

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Year 1422 (MCDXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

January–December

January 10 – Hussite Wars: Battle of Deutschbrod: The Hussites defeat 2,000 Royalist Crusaders.

March 21–May 2 – Hundred Years' War: Siege of Meaux: Meaux surrenders to the English.

August 22 – Use of the Spanish era dating system in the Kingdom of Portugal ceases.

August 31 – Henry VI becomes King of England aged nine months.

September 27 – The Teutonic Knights sign the Treaty of Melno with the Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania after the brief Gollub War. The Prussian–Lithuanian border established by the treaty remains unchanged until World War I.

October 21 – With the death of King Charles VI of France, Henry VI of England is proclaimed King of France in Paris, while the Dauphin, Charles, is proclaimed King Charles VII of France in Bourges.

Undated

Ottoman forces overrun the last domains of Constantine II of Bulgaria, who dies in exile at the Serbian court; end of the Bulgarian Empire.

Siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans is successfully resisted by the Byzantine defenders.

On the Italian Peninsula, Venice has a population of 84,000 of which 200 men rule the city while Florence has a population of 40,000 of which 600 men rule the city.