1426

1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1426th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 426th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1420s decade. As of the start of 1426, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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.

1426 Media

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  June 26: The Czech Hussites annihilate the German defenders of Aussig.

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