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{{Year nav|1420}} {{Year in various calendars|1420}} {{Year article header|1420}} == Events == * [[May 21]] – [[Treaty of Troyes]]. With the Burgundian faction dominant in France, King [[Charles VI of France]] acknowledges [[Henry V of England]] as his heir and as virtual ruler of most of France. * [[May 25]] – [[Henry the Navigator]] is appointed governor of the Order of Christ. * The [[Madeira Islands]] were discovered by the [[Portuguese people|Portuguese]] [[João Gonçalves Zarco]]. * [[Hussite Wars]] – [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor]] fails at the [[battle of Vysehrad]] and is ejected from [[Bohemia]]. * [[Catherine of Valois]] marries [[Henry V of England]]. * [[Henry V of England]] starts the construction [[Grace Dieu (ship)]] * Construction begins on the [[Temple of Heaven]] in [[Beijing]], [[China]] while the [[Forbidden City]] is completed. * World population reaches 3.75 million. == Births == * [[November 24]] – [[John Stafford, 1st Earl of Wiltshire]], English politician (died [[1473]]) *''date unknown'' **[[Jean Fouquet]], French painter (died [[1481]]) **[[Nicolas Jenson]], French engraver (died [[1480]]) == Deaths == *[[June 11]] – [[John III, Burgrave of Nuremberg]] (born c.1369) *[[August 9]] – [[Pierre d'Ailly]], French theologian and cardinal (born [[1351]]) *[[September 3]] – [[Robert Stewart, 1st Duke of Albany]], regent of Scotland *''date unknown'' **[[Epiphanius the Wise]], Russian saint **[[Andrew of Wyntoun]], Scottish chronicler (born [[1350]]) [[Category:1420| ]]