1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1426th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 426th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 15th century, and the 7th year of the 1420s decade. As of the start of 1426, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

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1426 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1426
MCDXXVI
Ab urbe condita2179
Armenian calendar875
ԹՎ ՊՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6176
Balinese saka calendar1347–1348
Bengali calendar833
Berber calendar2376
English Regnal year4 Hen. 6  5 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1970
Burmese calendar788
Byzantine calendar6934–6935
Chinese calendar乙巳(Wood Snake)
4122 or 4062
     to 
丙午年 (Fire Horse)
4123 or 4063
Coptic calendar1142–1143
Discordian calendar2592
Ethiopian calendar1418–1419
Hebrew calendar5186–5187
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1482–1483
 - Shaka Samvat1347–1348
 - Kali Yuga4526–4527
Holocene calendar11426
Igbo calendar426–427
Iranian calendar804–805
Islamic calendar829–830
Japanese calendarŌei 33
(応永33年)
Javanese calendar1341–1342
Julian calendar1426
MCDXXVI
Korean calendar3759
Minguo calendar486 before ROC
民前486年
Nanakshahi calendar−42
Thai solar calendar1968–1969
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
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Events

  • March 6Battle of St. James (near Avranches). An English army under John, Duke of Bedford defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont, forcing the Duke of Brittany to recognize English suzerainty.
  • June 16Hussite Wars: Battle of Usti nad Labem The Hussites decisively beat the crusading armies in the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade.
  • "Castello Orsini-Odescalchi" built in Bracciano, Italy by the Orsini family.
Quick Facts
1426 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1426
MCDXXVI
Ab urbe condita2179
Armenian calendar875
ԹՎ ՊՀԵ
Assyrian calendar6176
Balinese saka calendar1347–1348
Bengali calendar833
Berber calendar2376
English Regnal year4 Hen. 6  5 Hen. 6
Buddhist calendar1970
Burmese calendar788
Byzantine calendar6934–6935
Chinese calendar乙巳(Wood Snake)
4122 or 4062
     to 
丙午年 (Fire Horse)
4123 or 4063
Coptic calendar1142–1143
Discordian calendar2592
Ethiopian calendar1418–1419
Hebrew calendar5186–5187
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1482–1483
 - Shaka Samvat1347–1348
 - Kali Yuga4526–4527
Holocene calendar11426
Igbo calendar426–427
Iranian calendar804–805
Islamic calendar829–830
Japanese calendarŌei 33
(応永33年)
Javanese calendar1341–1342
Julian calendar1426
MCDXXVI
Korean calendar3759
Minguo calendar486 before ROC
民前486年
Nanakshahi calendar−42
Thai solar calendar1968–1969
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
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Births

  • February – Christian of Oldenburg, later King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
  • date unknown
    • William Brandon, English nobleman (died 1485)
    • John II, Duke of Bourbon (died 1488)
    • Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (died 1492)

Deaths

  • December – Pipo of Ozora, Hungarian military leader
  • December 31Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter (born c. 1377)
  • date unknown
    • Elizabeth Plantagenet, daughter of John of Gaunt
    • Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco

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