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Year 1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Contents

January–December

  • 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 – The Battle of Chirokitia is fought.

    • Date unknown

  • "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.

    • Births

  • February 2 – Eleanor of Navarre, Queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)
  • February – Christian of Oldenburg, King of Denmark 1448–1481, of Norway 1450–1481 and of Sweden 1457–1464 (d. 1481)
  • July 13 – Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492)
  • September 19 – Maria of Cleves, French noble (d. 1487)
  • November 30 – Johann IV Roth, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1506)
  • date unknown – John II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1488)

    • Deaths

  • March/May – Thomas Hoccleve, English poet (b. c. 1368)
  • November 24 – Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, English Plantagent noblewoman, daughter of John of Gaunt (b. c. 1363)
  • December – Pippo Spano, Hungarian military leader (b. 1369)
  • December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, English nobleman and military leader (b. c. 1377)
  • date unknown – Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco and military leader

    • References

    1426 Wikipedia
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