1426
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1423 1424 1425 – 1426 – 1427 1428 1429 |
| 1426 by topic |
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| State leaders - Sovereign states |
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| 1426 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1426 MCDXXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2179 |
| Armenian calendar | 875 ԹՎ ՊՀԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6176 |
| 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 | 1348–1349 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4527–4528 |
| Holocene calendar | 11426 |
| Igbo calendar | 426–427 |
| Iranian calendar | 804–805 |
| Islamic calendar | 829–830 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 33 (応永３３年) |
| Julian calendar | 1426 MCDXXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3759 |
| Minguo calendar | 486 before ROC 民前486年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1968–1969 |
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Year 1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- 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 – The Battle of Chirokitia is fought.
Date unknown
- "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. [1]
Births
- February – Christian of Oldenburg, King of Denmark 1448–1481, of Norway 1450–1481 and of Sweden 1457–1464 (d. 1481)
- July 13 – Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492)
- date unknown – John II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1488)
Deaths
- November 24 – Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt
- December – Pipo of Ozora, Hungarian military leader
- December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (b. c. 1377)
- date unknown – Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco
References
- ↑ Gernet, Jacques. (translated by Foster, J. R. and Hartman, Charles) A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. 1996. p. 407.