1426

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

• 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.

Births

• 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)

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