1420: Year
1420 (MCDXX) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1420th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 420th year of the 2nd millennium, the 20th year of the 15th century, and the 1st year of the 1420s decade.
As of the start of 1420, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1390s 1400s 1410s – 1420s – 1430s 1440s 1450s |
| Years: | 1417 1418 1419 – 1420 – 1421 1422 1423 |
| Gregorian calendar | 1420 MCDXX |
| Ab urbe condita | 2173 |
| Armenian calendar | 869 ԹՎ ՊԿԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6170 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1341–1342 |
| Bengali calendar | 827 |
| Berber calendar | 2370 |
| English Regnal year | 7 Hen. 5 – 8 Hen. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1964 |
| Burmese calendar | 782 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6928–6929 |
| Chinese calendar | 己亥年 (Earth Pig) 4116 or 4056 — to — 庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4117 or 4057 |
| Coptic calendar | 1136–1137 |
| Discordian calendar | 2586 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1412–1413 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5180–5181 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1476–1477 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1341–1342 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4520–4521 |
| Holocene calendar | 11420 |
| Igbo calendar | 420–421 |
| Iranian calendar | 798–799 |
| Islamic calendar | 822–823 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 27 (応永２７年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1334–1335 |
| Julian calendar | 1420 MCDXX |
| Korean calendar | 3753 |
| Minguo calendar | 492 before ROC 民前492年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −48 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1962–1963 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴土猪年 (female Earth-Pig) 1546 or 1165 or 393 — to — 阳金鼠年 (male Iron-Rat) 1547 or 1166 or 394 |
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 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)
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