1426

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

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

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