| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s
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| 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 hypothesis advanced by Gavin Menzies, see: 1421 hypothesis. For the book, 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.
Events of 1421[]
- March 21 - Battle of Baugé. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, 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 was flooded due to extremely high tide of the North Sea. 72 villages were 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]
- In a theory proposed by Gavin Menzies, supposedly the year that Chinese explorer Hong Bao & Zhou Wen discovered the Americas, beating Columbus by about 70 years.
| Gregorian calendar | 1421 MCDXXI
|
| Ab urbe condita | 2174 |
| Armenian calendar | 870 ԹՎ ՊՀ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -423 – -422 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1965 |
| 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
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2081 (皇紀2081年) |
| Julian calendar | 1466 |
| Korean calendar | 3754 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1964 |
Births[]
- July 25 - Henry Percy, English politician (died 1461)
- December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
- date unknow
- Sogi, Buddhist priest and Japanese poet (died 1502)
- Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France
- Ponhea Yat, ruler of the Khmer Empire (died 1467)
Deaths[]
- January 21 - Niccolò I Trinci, lord of Foligno (assassinated)
- March 22 - Thomas of Lancaster, 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 (born 1385)
References[]
- ^ Terence, Kealey. The Economic Laws of Scientific Research. 1996.
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People of the year 1421 at Familypedia
16 people were born in 1421
2 children were born to the 2 women born in 1421
16 people died in 1421
903 people lived in 1421
Events of the year 1421 at Familypedia
9 people were married in 1421.
| Joined with | |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Luttrell (c1388-aft1439) | William Harleston (c1375-) + John Stratton (c1388-aft1439) |
| Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury (1388-1428) | Eleanor Holland (1386-aft1413)+Alice Chaucer (1404-1475) |
| John VIII Palaiologos (1392-1448) | Anna of Moscow (1393-1417) + Sophia of Montferrat (?-1434) + Maria of Trebizond (?-1439) |
| Philippa de Ferrers (c1393-c1458) | Thomas Greene (1399-1461) |
| Albrecht II von Habsburg (1397-1439) | Elisabeth von Luxemburg (1409-1442) |
| Katharine von Hanau-Münzenberg (1408-1460) | Thomas II. von Rieneck (bef1408-1431)+Wilhelm II. von Henneberg-Schleusingen (1415-1444) |
| Elisabeth von Isenburg-Büdingen (c1398-1451) | Bernhard II. zu Solms-Braunfels (c1389-1459) |
| Elisabeth von Luxemburg (1409-1442) | Albrecht II von Habsburg (1397-1439) |
| Bernhard II. zu Solms-Braunfels (c1389-1459) | Elisabeth von Isenburg-Büdingen (c1398-1451) |
There were 1 military battles in 1421.
| Event date | |
|---|---|
| Battle of Baugé | 21 March 1421 JL |