1421

For the controversial book by Gavin Menzies, 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, 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 is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea; 72 villages are 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.
• 1421 Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty The year for a theory which says that Ancient China had mapped and discovered the world. 1421: The Year China Discovered the World

Births

• July 25 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
• December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
• date unknown
• Sōgi, 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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