1424

1424 was a leap year starting on Saturday.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1390s  1400s  1410s  – 1420s –  1430s  1440s  1450s
Years:	1421 1422 1423 – 1424 – 1425 1426 1427

Events of 1424

• August 17 – Battle of Verneuil – An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Alençon was captured and Douglas killed.
• June – Battle of L'Aquila – Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon.

Births

• October 31 – King Wladislaus III of Poland (died 1444)
• date unknown
  • Demetrius Chalcondyles, Greek scholar (died 1511)
  • Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (died 1469)

Deaths

• January 4 – Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
• May 10 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
• June 5 – Braccio da Montone, Italian condottiero
• June 10 – Duke Ernest of Austria (born 1377)
• June 16 – Johannes Ambundii, Archbishop of Riga
• August 12 – Yongle Emperor of China (born 1360)
• December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader
• date unknown
  • Parameswara, Malay prince (born 1344)
  • Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
• probable – Johannes Abezier, provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights (born 1380)