1424 CE

While negotiating his release from captivity, King James of Scotland is allowed to be married to Joan Beaufort in London, with a ceremony taking place at Southwark Cathedral. Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt under the leadership of Egyptian general Ibn bint al-Aqsarayi launch a series of military expeditions marking the start of the Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426). The Bourges astronomical clock, designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in Bourges Cathedral as a gift to the town from Charles VII of France.

In the 1420s, the 15th century.

Geopolitics & Diplomacy

  • March 28 – King James I of Scotland is released after having been held captive in England for 18 years. James is freed after putting his royal seal on a ransom treaty of £40,000, secured by Scottish hostages taking his place, as agreed at Durham, England.source
  • September 13 – After the signing of a treaty between the different factions in the Hussite Wars, the Bohemian campaign is completed in the modern-day Czech Republic.source
  • Dalmatia: Aliota Capenna, lord of Lesina (modern-day Hvar), offers his realm to the Republic of Venice (also said to have occurred in 1409 and 1421).source

Conflict & Security

  • February 14 – Wars in Lombardy: The army of the Florentine Republic, led by Captain Pandolfo III Malatesta, storms the city of Romagna.source
  • April 1 – China's Emperor Zhu Di, angry over the refusal of the Mongolian vassal Arughtai to pay tribute, departs from Beijing with an army of almost one million troops on a campaign in Inner Mongolia.source
  • June 2 – Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo, for the Kingdom of Naples, defeat Braccio da Montone, for Alfonso V of Aragon.source
  • July 28 – The army of the Duchy of Milan, led by the Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, defeats the Republic of Florence's army, led by Carlo I Malatesta, in the Battle of Zagonara.source
  • August 17 – Battle of Verneuil: An English force under John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford, defeats a larger French army under John II, Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Archibald, Earl of Douglas. Alençon is captured and Douglas killed.source
  • 17 August - The English army under John, Duke of Bedford win a major victory at the Battle of Verneuil over Franco-Scottish forces as part of the Hundred Years War.Francesource
  • September 23 – The Hussites, led by Jan Žižka, begin marching towards North Moravia to suppress the ongoing rebellion there.source
  • December 10 – Radu II Chelul becomes the Prince of Wallachia (now in Romania) for the third time, taking over from Dan II after an Ottoman invasion.source

Exploration & Expansion

  • June 22 – Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt under the leadership of Egyptian general Ibn bint al-Aqsarayi launch a series of military expeditions marking the start of the Mamluk campaigns against Cyprus (1424–1426).source

Religion & Belief

  • January 23 – William Cheyne becomes the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, replacing the late William Hankford.source
  • February 1 – While negotiating his release from captivity, King James of Scotland is allowed to be married to Joan Beaufort in London, with a ceremony taking place at Southwark Cathedral.source
  • February 12 – The coronation of Sophia of Halshany, wife of Władysław II Jagiełło, as Queen consort of Poland takes place at the Kraków Cathedral.source
  • May 21 – The coronation of James I as King of Scotland takes place at Scone Abbey in the Scottish town of Scone. After the ceremony King James performs his first knighthood ceremony, honoring 18 prominent nobles.source

Science & Discovery

  • November – The Bourges astronomical clock, designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in Bourges Cathedral as a gift to the town from Charles VII of France.source

Health & Medicine

  • October 11 – Prokop the Great takes command of the Hussites after the death of Jan Žižka from the plague.source

Culture & Society

  • April 5 – King James returns to Scotland for the first time since 1406, after being escorted to the border along with his wife Joan Beaufort, Queen consort, by English and Scottish nobles.source
  • November 1 – Zhu Zhanji is designated as the Crown Prince of Ming dynasty China by his father, the Hongxi Emperor. The Emperor dies eight months later and Zhu Zhanji becomes the Xuande Emperor on June 27, 1425.source

Births

  • January 1 – Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1436–1449) (died 1449)source
  • June 9 – Blanche II of Navarre (died 1464)source
  • August 10 or 1426 – Boniface III, Marquess of Montferrat (died 1494)source
  • August – Demetrios Chalkokondyles, Greek scholar (died 1511)source
  • October 31 – King Władysław III of Poland (died 1444)source
  • December 8 – Anselm Adornes, Merchant, politician and diplomat (died 1483)source
  • December 25 – Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (died 1445)source
  • date unknown – Mary of Looz-Heinsberg, Dutch noble woman (died 1502)source
  • date unknown – Abu Sa'id Mirza, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (died 1469)source
  • Unknown - Félizé Regnard, courtier and royal mistress (died 1474)Francesource

Deaths

  • January 4 – Muzio Sforza, Italian condottierosource
  • January 8 – Stephen Zaccaria, Latin Archbishop of Patrassource
  • April 14 – Lucia Visconti, English countess (born 1372)source
  • May 10 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japansource
  • June 5 – Braccio da Montone, Italian condottierosource
  • June 10 – Duke Ernest of Austria (born 1377)source
  • June 16 – Johannes Ambundii, Archbishop of Rigasource
  • August 12 – Emperor Cheng Zu of China (born 1360)source
  • August 12 – China's Yongle era Emperor, Zhu Di, dies at the age of 64 while leading an expedition of almost one million soldiers in an attempt to capture the Mongol leader Arughtai. The Emperor suffers a fatal stroke at at Yumuchuan in what is now Inner Mongolia, while Arughtai has escaped.source
  • August 17 – John Stewart, Earl of Buchan (born c. 1381)source
  • 17 August - John VIII of Harcourt, nobleman and soldier (born 1396)Francesource
  • 17 August - John Stewart, Earl of Buchan, leader of the Scottish troops fighting for France in the Hundred Years War (born 1381)Francesource
  • September 7 – Prince Zhu Gaochi of China becomes the Hongxi Emperor (Emperor Renzong) of the Ming dynasty, beginning the Hongxi era, after the August 12 death of his father, the Emperor Zhu Di.source
  • September 17 – Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Castilian royal (born 1422)source
  • October 11 – Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leadersource
  • date unknown – Joan II, Countess of Auvergne (born 1378)source
  • Unknown - Joan II, Countess of Auvergne (born 1378)Francesource
  • Ulick an Fhiona Burke, 3rd ClanricardeIrelandsource