1420
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1417 1418 1419 – 1420 – 1421 1422 1423 |
Year 1420 was a leap year starting on Monday.
[change] Events of 1420
- May 21 – Treaty of Troyes. With the Burgundian faction dominant in France, King Charles VI of France acknowledges Henry V of England as his heir and as virtual ruler of most of France.
- May 25 – Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.
- The Madeira Islands were discovered by the Portuguese João Gonçalves Zarco.
- Hussite Wars – Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor fails at the battle of Vysehrad and is ejected from Bohemia.
- Catherine of Valois marries Henry V of England.
- Henry V of England commences construction of Grace Dieu (ship)
- Construction begins on the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China while the Forbidden City is completed.
- World population reaches 3.75 million.
| Gregorian calendar | 1420 MCDXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2173 |
| Armenian calendar | 869 ԹՎ ՊԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6170 |
| Bahá'í calendar | -424–-423 |
| Bengali calendar | 827 |
| Berber calendar | 2370 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Hen. 5 – 8 Hen. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1964 |
| Burmese calendar | 782 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6928–6929 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年月日 (4056/4116-Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[".-Template:Chinese calendar/day/68/35) — to —
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| Coptic calendar | 1136–1137 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1412–1413 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5180–5181 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1476–1477 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1342–1343 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4521–4522 |
| Holocene calendar | 11420 |
| Iranian calendar | 798–799 |
| Islamic calendar | 822–823 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 27 (応永27年) |
| Korean calendar | 3753 |
| Minguo calendar | 492 before ROC 民前492年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1963 |
[change] Births
- November 24 – John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (died 1473)
- date unknown
- Jean Fouquet, French painter (died 1481)
- Nicolas Jenson, French engraver (died 1480)
[change] Deaths
- June 11 – John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg (born c.1369)
- August 9 – Pierre d'Ailly, French theologian and cardinal (born 1351)
- September 3 – Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany, regent of Scotland
- date unknown
- Epiphanius the Wise, Russian saint
- Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish chronicler (born 1350)
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