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Year 1421 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1421

March 21 - Battle of Baugé: A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy.
May 26 - Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his son Murad II.
November 17 - 19 - St. Elizabeth flood: The coastal area near Dordrecht in the Netherlands is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea; 72 villages are drowned, killing about 10,000 people.
John III of Dampierre, Marquis of Namur, sells his estates to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.
The first patent is issued by the Republic of Florence.
1421 Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty The year for a theory which says that Ancient China had mapped and discovered the world.

Births

July 25 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)

December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)

date unknow

Sōgi, Buddhist priest and Japanese poet (died 1502)
Agnès Sorel, mistress of Charles VII of France
Ponhea Yat, ruler of the Khmer Empire (died 1467)

Deaths

January 21 - Niccolò I Trinci, lord of Foligno (assassinated)

March 22 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (born 1388)

May - Balša III, ruler of Zeta

May 26 - Mehmed I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1389)

date unknown - John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel (born 1385)Further Information

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