1424 (MCDXXIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1424th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 424th year of the 2nd millennium, the 24th year of the 15th century, and the 5th year of the 1420s decade. As of the start of 1424, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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1424 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1424
MCDXXIV
Ab urbe condita2177
Armenian calendar873
ԹՎ ՊՀԳ
Assyrian calendar6174
Balinese saka calendar1345–1346
Bengali calendar831
Berber calendar2374
English Regnal year2 Hen. 6  3 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1968
Burmese calendar786
Byzantine calendar6932–6933
Chinese calendar癸卯(Water Rabbit)
4120 or 4060
     to 
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
4121 or 4061
Coptic calendar1140–1141
Discordian calendar2590
Ethiopian calendar1416–1417
Hebrew calendar5184–5185
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1480–1481
 - Shaka Samvat1345–1346
 - Kali Yuga4524–4525
Holocene calendar11424
Igbo calendar424–425
Iranian calendar802–803
Islamic calendar827–828
Japanese calendarŌei 31
(応永31年)
Javanese calendar1338–1339
Julian calendar1424
MCDXXIV
Korean calendar3757
Minguo calendar488 before ROC
民前488年
Nanakshahi calendar−44
Thai solar calendar1966–1967
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1550 or 1169 or 397
     to 
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
1551 or 1170 or 398
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Events of 1424

  • August 17Battle 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.
  • JuneBattle of L'AquilaJacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon.
Quick Facts
1424 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1424
MCDXXIV
Ab urbe condita2177
Armenian calendar873
ԹՎ ՊՀԳ
Assyrian calendar6174
Balinese saka calendar1345–1346
Bengali calendar831
Berber calendar2374
English Regnal year2 Hen. 6  3 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1968
Burmese calendar786
Byzantine calendar6932–6933
Chinese calendar癸卯(Water Rabbit)
4120 or 4060
     to 
甲辰年 (Wood Dragon)
4121 or 4061
Coptic calendar1140–1141
Discordian calendar2590
Ethiopian calendar1416–1417
Hebrew calendar5184–5185
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1480–1481
 - Shaka Samvat1345–1346
 - Kali Yuga4524–4525
Holocene calendar11424
Igbo calendar424–425
Iranian calendar802–803
Islamic calendar827–828
Japanese calendarŌei 31
(応永31年)
Javanese calendar1338–1339
Julian calendar1424
MCDXXIV
Korean calendar3757
Minguo calendar488 before ROC
民前488年
Nanakshahi calendar−44
Thai solar calendar1966–1967
Tibetan calendar阴水兔年
(female Water-Rabbit)
1550 or 1169 or 397
     to 
阳木龙年
(male Wood-Dragon)
1551 or 1170 or 398
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Births

  • October 31 – King Wladislaus III of Poland (died 1444)
  • date unknown
    • Demetrius Chalcondyles, Greek scholar (died 1511)
    • Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (died 1469)

Deaths

  • January 4Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
  • May 10Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
  • June 5Braccio da Montone, Italian condottiero
  • June 10 – Duke Ernest of Austria (born 1377)
  • June 16Johannes Ambundii, Archbishop of Riga
  • August 12Yongle Emperor of China (born 1360)
  • December 31Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader
  • date unknown
    • Parameswara, Malay prince (born 1344)
    • Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
  • probableJohannes Abezier, provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights (born 1380)

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