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Year '1424' was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1424

Births

Deaths

Events of 1424

★ 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.

Births

★ October 31 - King Wladislaus III of Poland (died 1444)

★ ''date unknown''

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★ Demetrius Chalcondyles, Greek scholar (died 1511)

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★ Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (died 1469)

Deaths

★ 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''

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★ Parameswara, Malay prince (born 1344)

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★ Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader

★ ''probable'' - Johannes Abezier, provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights (born 1380)