For the controversial hypothesis advanced by Gavin Menzies, see: 1421 hypothesis. For the book, see: 1421: The Year China Discovered The World.

Year 1421 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. These pages contain the trends of millennia and centuries. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... This is a list of decades which have articles with more information about them. ... Events and Trends 1392 Korean founder of the Joseon Dynasty General Yi Seonggye led a coup détat, overthrowing the kingdom of Goryeo and founding the kingdom of Joseon End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan 1394 Expulsion of Jews from France 1395 End of reign of... Category: ... Events and Trends Categories: 1410s ... Events and Trends Categories: 1420s ... Events and Trends A map of Europe in the 1430s. ... Events and Trends Categories: 1440s ... Events and Trends Fall of Constantinople on May 29, 1453. ... This page indexes the individual years pages. ... Events May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul. ... Events January 19 – Hundred Years War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England which brings Normandy under the control of England. ... Events May 21 - Treaty of Troyes. ... Events January 10 - Battle of Nemecky Brod during the Hussite Wars. ... Events July 31 - Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant - The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. ... August 17 - Battle 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. ... See also: 1410s in architecture, other events of the 1420s, 1430s in architecture and the architecture timeline. ... The decade of the 1420s in art involved some significant events. ... (Redirected from 1421 in literature) See also: 14th century in literature, other events of the 15th century, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature. ... 1420 state leaders - Events of 1421 - 1422 state leaders - State leaders by year // Ethiopia - Yeshaq I, Emperor of Ethiopia, (1414-1429) China (Ming Dynasty) - Yongle, Emperor of China (1402 - 1424) Chūzan - Shō Shishō - King of Chūzan (1407-1421) Japan Monarch - Shoko, Emperor of Japan (1412-1428) Shogun (Ashikaga... Gavin Menzies Gavin Menzies (b. ... This Chinese map, produced in 1763 and claimed by the unidentified author to be based on a 1418 Chinese map, has produced much controversy as to how much knowledge Medieval China had of the Americas and Antarctica. ... (Redirected from 1421: The Year China Discovered The World) The 1421 theory is a term to describe a theory from former British Royal Navy submarine commander Gavin Menzies. ... This is the calendar for a common year starting on Wednesday (dominical letter E), e. ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ...

Events of 1421

• 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, 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 extremely high tide of the North Sea. 72 villages were drowned, killing about 10,000 people.
• 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.^[1]
• In a theory proposed by Gavin Menzies, supposedly the year that Chinese explorer Hong Bao & Zhou Wen discovered the Americas, beating Columbus by about 70 years.

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Japanese era name. ... The Julian calendar was a reform of the Roman calendar which was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 ab urbe condita). ... The traditional Korean calendar is directly derived from the Asian calendar. ... The Thai solar, or Suriyakati (สุริยคติ), calendar is used in traditional and official contexts in Thailand, although the Western calendar is sometimes used in business. ...

Births

• July 25 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (died 1461)
• December 6 - King Henry VI of England (died 1471)
• date unknow
  • 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)

is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, (25 July 1421 – 29 March 1461) was the son of Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland and Lady Eleanor Neville, daughter of Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland and his second wife Joan Beaufort. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ... is the 340th day of the year (341st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry VI (December 6, 1421 – May 21, 1471) was King of England from 1422 to 1461 (though with a Regent until 1437) and then from 1470 to 1471, and King of France from 1422 to 1453. ... This article is about the year 1471, not the BT caller ID service accessible by dialling 1-4-7-1. ... Sogi (1421 - 1502) was a Buddhist priest and Japanese poet, notable for his Renga poems. ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Agnès Sorel was the model for this Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, by Jean Fouquet (c. ... Charles VII the Victorious, a. ... Chao Ponhea Yat (1421 - 1462) was one of the kings of the Khmer Empire. ... Events October 29 - Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege Beginning of the Sengoku Period in Japan. ...

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)

is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Niccolò I Trinci (died January 10, 1421) was the lord of Foligno from 1412. ... Foligno, (Latin: Fulginiae, Fulginium) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. ... is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (29 September 1388 – 22 March 1421) was the second son of King Henry IV of England and his first wife, Mary de Bohun. ... Henry IV (3 April 1367 – 20 March 1413) was the King of England and France and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413. ... Events Beginning of prosecution of Lollards in England The Battle of Otterburn between England and Scotland A Chinese army under Xu Da sacks Karakorum Births September 14 - Claudius Claussön Swart, Danish geographer September 29 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (d. ... BalÅ¡a III (1387 - May 1421) was the ruler of Zeta from April 1403 - May 1421. ... is the 146th day of the year (147th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sultan Mehmet I Mehmed I Çelebi (nicknamed Kirisci, the Executioner) (1389 – May 26, 1421) was a sultan of the Ottoman Empire. ... The Osmanli Dynasty, also the House of Osman, ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1281 to 1923, beginning with Osman I (not counting his father, Ertuğrul), though the dynasty was not proclaimed until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. ... Events February 24 - Margaret I defeats Albert in battle, thus becoming ruler of Denmark, Norway and Sweden June 28 - Battle of Kosovo between Serbs and Ottomans. ... John Fitzalan, 13th Earl of Arundel (1385-1421) was an English nobleman. ... Year 1385 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...

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