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1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1426th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 426th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1420s decade. As of the start of 1426, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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Events

  • March 6Battle 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 16Hussite Wars: Battle of Usti nad Labem The Hussites decisively beat the crusading armies in the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade.
  • "Castello Orsini-Odescalchi" built in Bracciano, Italy by the Orsini family.
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Births

  • February – Christian of Oldenburg, later King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
  • date unknown
    • William Brandon, English nobleman (died 1485)
    • John II, Duke of Bourbon (died 1488)
    • Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (died 1492)

Deaths

  • December – Pipo of Ozora, Hungarian military leader
  • December 31Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1377)
  • date unknown
    • Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt
    • Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
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