What is 1421?
{{Year nav|1421}} {{Year in various calendars|1421}} {{Year article header|1421}} == Events == * [[March 21]] – [[Battle of Baugé]]. A small French force surprises and defeats a smaller English force under [[Thomas, Duke of Clarence]], a brother of [[Henry V of England]], in [[Normandy]]. * [[May 26]] – [[Mehmed I]], [[Ottoman dynasty|Sultan]] of the [[Ottoman Empire]] dies and is succeeded by his son [[Murad II]]. * November 17–19 – [[St. Elizabeth flood]]. The coastal area near [[Dordrecht]] in the [[Netherlands]] was flooded due to an extremely high tide of the [[North Sea]]. 72 villages were drowned, killing about 10,000 people. *[[John III, Marquis of Namur|John III of Dampierre]], [[Marquis of Namur]], sells his estates to [[Philip the Good]], [[Duke of Burgundy]]. *The first [[patent]] is issued by the [[Republic of Florence]].<ref>Terence, Kealey. ''The Economic Laws of Scientific Research.'' 1996.</ref> *In a [[1421 hypothesis|theory]] proposed by Gavin Menzies, supposedly the year that Chinese explorer [[Hong Bao and Zhou Wen]] discovered the Americas, beating Columbus by about 70 years. {{Year in other calendars}} == Births == * [[July 25]] – [[Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland]], English politician (died [[1461]]) * [[December 6]] – King [[Henry VI of England]] (died [[1471]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Sogi]], Buddhist priest and Japanese poet (died [[1502]]) **[[Agnès Sorel]], mistress of [[Charles VII of France]] **[[Ponhea Yat]], ruler of the Khmer Empire (died [[1467]]) == Deaths == *[[January 21]] – [[Niccolò I Trinci]], lord of [[Foligno]] (assassinated) *[[March 22]] – [[Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence]], second son of [[Henry IV of England]] (killed in battle) (born [[1388]]) *May – [[Balša III]], ruler of Zeta *[[May 26]] – [[Mehmed I]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1389]]) *''date unknown'' – [[John FitzAlan, 13th Earl of Arundel]] (born [[1385]]) == References == <!-- This article uses [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]]. Please use this format in the article text when inserting reference