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Year '1420' was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1420

Births

Deaths

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.

Births

★ November 24 - John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire, English politician (died 1473)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Jean Fouquet, French painter (died 1481)

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★ Nicolas Jenson, French engraver (died 1480)

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''

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★ Epiphanius the Wise, Russian saint

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★ Andrew of Wyntoun, Scottish chronicler (born 1350)