1426 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s
Years:	1423 1424 1425 – 1426 – 1427 1428 1429

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.
"Castello Orsini-Odescalchi" built in Bracciano, Italy by the Orsini family.

1426 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1426 MCDXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2179
Armenian calendar	875 ԹՎ ՊՀԵ
Assyrian calendar	6176
Balinese saka calendar	1347–1348
Bengali calendar	833
Berber calendar	2376
English Regnal year	4 Hen. 6 – 5 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar	1970
Burmese calendar	788
Byzantine calendar	6934–6935
Chinese calendar	乙巳年 (Wood Snake) 4122 or 4062 — to — 丙午年 (Fire Horse) 4123 or 4063
Coptic calendar	1142–1143
Discordian calendar	2592
Ethiopian calendar	1418–1419
Hebrew calendar	5186–5187
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1482–1483
- Shaka Samvat	1347–1348
- Kali Yuga	4526–4527
Holocene calendar	11426
Igbo calendar	426–427
Iranian calendar	804–805
Islamic calendar	829–830
Japanese calendar	Ōei 33 (応永３３年)
Javanese calendar	1341–1342
Julian calendar	1426 MCDXXVI
Korean calendar	3759
Minguo calendar	486 before ROC 民前486年
Nanakshahi calendar	−42
Thai solar calendar	1968–1969
Tibetan calendar	阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1552 or 1171 or 399 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1553 or 1172 or 400

February – Christian of Oldenburg, later King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
date unknown
- William Brandon, English nobleman (died 1485)
- John II, Duke of Bourbon (died 1488)
- Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (died 1492)

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