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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1418 1419 1420 - 1421 - 1422 1423 1424 |
| 1421 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology - Architecture - |
| Art - Literature - Music - Science |
| Leaders: State leaders - Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments - Disestablishments |
| Births - Deaths - Works |
- For the controversial book by Gavin Menzies, see: 1421: The Year China Discovered the World.
Year 1421 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
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[edit] Events of 1421
- 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 - 19 - St. Elizabeth 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.
- 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.[1]
- 1421 Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty The year for a theory which says that Ancient China had mapped and discovered the world. 1421: The Year China Discovered the World
| Gregorian calendar | 1421 MCDXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2174 |
| Armenian calendar | 870 ԹՎ ՊՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -423 – -422 |
| Berber calendar | 2371 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1965 |
| Burmese calendar | 783 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6929 – 6930 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年十一月廿八日 (4057/4117-11-28) — to —
辛丑年十二月初七日(4058/4118-12-7) |
| Coptic calendar | 1137 – 1138 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1413 – 1414 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5181 – 5182 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1476 – 1477 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1343 – 1344 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4522 – 4523 |
| Holocene calendar | 11421 |
| Iranian calendar | 799 – 800 |
| Islamic calendar | 823 – 824 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 28 (応永28年) |
| Korean calendar | 3754 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1964 |
[edit] Births
- July 25 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
- December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 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)
[edit] Deaths
- January 21 - 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)
- May - Balša III, ruler of Zeta
- May 26 - Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)
- date unknown - John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (born 1385)
[edit] References
- ^ Terence, Kealey. The Economic Laws of Scientific Research. 1996.