Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1390s  1400s  1410s  - 1420s -  1430s  1440s  1450s
Years:	1423 1424 1425 - 1426 - 1427 1428 1429

1426 in topic:

Subjects:     Archaeology - Architecture -

Art - Literature - Music - Science

Leaders:   State leaders - Colonial governors

Category: Establishments - Disestablishments

Births - Deaths - Works v • d • e

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

Events of 1426

• 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 - Battle of Chirokitia
• "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 - Christian of Oldenburg, later King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
• date unknown
  • William Brandon, English nobleman (d. 1485)
  • John II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1488)
  • Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492)

Deaths

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