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1426 in poetry |
| 486 before ROC 民前486年 | |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −42 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1968–1969 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木蛇年 (female Wood-Snake) 1552 or 1171 or 399 — to — 阳火马年 (male Fire-Horse) 1553 or 1172 or 400 |
Year 1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar
Events
- c. May 15–16 – Kale Kye-Taung Nyo, ruler of the Kingdom of Ava, flees his capital. He is succeeded by Mohnyin Thado, who receives Thinkhaya III of Toungoo.
- Battle of Usti nad Labem: The Hussitesdecisively beat the crusading armies in the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade.
- Mamluksand brought to Egypt, where he is ransomed after ten months.
- Date unknown
- Castello Orsini-Odescalchi is built in Bracciano, Italy by the Orsini family.
Births
- February 2 – Eleanor of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479)
- February – Christian of Oldenburg, King of Denmark 1448–1481, of Norway 1450–1481 and of Sweden 1457–1464 (d. 1481)[3]
- Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492)
- Maria of Cleves, French noble (d. 1487)
- November 30 – Johann IV Roth, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1506)
- date unknown – John II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1488)
Deaths
- March / May – Thomas Hoccleve, English poet (b. c. 1368)
- c. late May – Kale Kye-Taung Nyo, deposed King of Ava (b. c. 1385)
- September 18 – Hubert van Eyck, painter[4]
- November 24 – Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, English Plantagent noblewoman, daughter of John of Gaunt (b. c. 1363)
- December – Pippo Spano, Hungarian military leader (b. 1369)
- December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, English nobleman and military leader (b. c. 1377)
- date unknown – Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco and military leader
References
- ISBN 978-0-06-270056-8.
- ^ Gernet, Jacques (translated by Foster, J. R. and Hartman, Charles) (1936). A History of Chinese Civilization. Cambridge University Press. p. 407.
- ^ Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich Prokhorov (1973). Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Macmillan. p. 38.
- ^ Hubert van Eyck (1904). Hubert and Jan Van Eyck. Bates and Guild Company. p. 24.