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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1420 1421 1422 1423 1424 1425 1426 1427 1428 1429 |
| Categories: | Births - Deaths - Architecture Establishments - Disestablishments |
[edit] Events and trends
- According to one theory, China sent out its vast navy to explore the world, discovered America 70 years before Columbus, and Australia and New Zealand 350 years before Cook. The Empire then went into an isolationist period for four centuries, destroying or forgetting most of its knowledge of those voyages.
- The precursors of modern Christmas pudding were first prepared in England.