1421
This article is about the year 1421. For the book by Gavin Menzies, see 1421: The Year China Discovered the World.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Centuries: | 14th century · 15th century · 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s · 1400s · 1410s · 1420s · 1430s · 1440s · 1450s |
| Years: | 1418 · 1419 · 1420 · 1421 · 1422 · 1423 · 1424 |
| 1421 by topic |
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| 1421 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1421 MCDXXI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2174 |
| Armenian calendar | 870 ԹՎ ՊՀ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6171 |
| 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 |
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Year 1421 (MCDXXI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
- February 2 – Yongle Emperor, the third emperor of Ming Dynasty shifted the Ming capital from Nanjing to Beijing.
- 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–November 19 – St. Elizabeth's 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.
Date unknown
- 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.[1]
- Portuguese sailors sent by Henry the Navigator cross the Cape Non, going as far as the Cape Bojador.
- Traditional date – Foundation of Larabanga Mosque in modern-day northern Ghana.
- The Ming dynasty possibly discovered the Americas, according to amateur historian Gavin Menzies in his book 1421: The Year China Discovered America, although this claim is largely disputed.
Births
- March 9 – Francesco Sassetti, Italian banker (d. 1490)
- May 29 – Charles, Prince of Viana (d. 1461)
- June 3 – Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici, Italian noble (d. 1463)
- July 25 – Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1461)
- August 1 – Thomas Dutton, medieval English knight (d. 1459)
- October 10 – John Paston, English politician (d. 1466)
- December 6 – King Henry VI of England (d. 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)
- April 21 – John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (born 1385)
- May – Balša III, ruler of Zeta
- May 26 – Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)
References
- ↑ Terence, Kealey (1996), The Economic Laws of Scientific Research
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