1421 facts for kids
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1418 1419 1420 – 1421 – 1422 1423 1424 |
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 was flooded due to an 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.
- In a theory proposed by Gavin Menzies, supposedly the year that Chinese explorer Hong Bao and Zhou Wen discovered the Americas, beating Columbus by about 70 years.
| Gregorian calendar | 1421 MCDXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2174 |
| Armenian calendar | 870 ԹՎ ՊՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6171 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1342–1343 |
| Bengali calendar | 828 |
| Berber calendar | 2371 |
| English Regnal year | 8 Hen. 5 – 9 Hen. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1965 |
| Burmese calendar | 783 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6929–6930 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4117 or 4057 — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4118 or 4058 |
| Coptic calendar | 1137–1138 |
| Discordian calendar | 2587 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1413–1414 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5181–5182 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1477–1478 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1342–1343 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4521–4522 |
| Holocene calendar | 11421 |
| Igbo calendar | 421–422 |
| Iranian calendar | 799–800 |
| Islamic calendar | 823–824 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 28 (応永２８年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1335–1336 |
| Julian calendar | 1421 MCDXXI |
| Korean calendar | 3754 |
| Minguo calendar | 491 before ROC 民前491年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −47 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1963–1964 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1547 or 1166 or 394 — to — 阴金牛年 (female Iron-Ox) 1548 or 1167 or 395 |
Births
- July 25 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
- December 6 – King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
- date unknown
- 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, 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)
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