1424
| 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 |
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1424 was a leap year starting on Saturday.
Events of 1424[change | change source]
- 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.
| Gregorian calendar | 1424 MCDXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2177 |
| Armenian calendar | 873 ԹՎ ՊՀԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6174 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1345–1346 |
| Bengali calendar | 831 |
| Berber calendar | 2374 |
| English Regnal year | 2 Hen. 6 – 3 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1968 |
| Burmese calendar | 786 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6932–6933 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸卯年 (Water Rabbit) 4120 or 4060 — to — 甲辰年 (Wood Dragon) 4121 or 4061 |
| Coptic calendar | 1140–1141 |
| Discordian calendar | 2590 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1416–1417 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5184–5185 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1480–1481 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1345–1346 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4524–4525 |
| Holocene calendar | 11424 |
| Igbo calendar | 424–425 |
| Iranian calendar | 802–803 |
| Islamic calendar | 827–828 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 31 (応永３１年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1338–1339 |
| Julian calendar | 1424 MCDXXIV |
| Korean calendar | 3757 |
| Minguo calendar | 488 before ROC 民前488年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −44 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1966–1967 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水兔年 (female Water-Rabbit) 1550 or 1169 or 397 — to — 阳木龙年 (male Wood-Dragon) 1551 or 1170 or 398 |
Births[change | change source]
- 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[change | change source]
- 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)