Year 1426 (MCDXXVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events March 6 – Battle 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. c. May 15 - 16 – Kale Kye-Taung Nyo, ruler of the Kingdom of Ava, flees his capital. He is succeeded by Mohnyin Thado, who receives Thinkhaya III of Toungoo. June 16 – Hussite Wars – Battle of Usti nad Labem: The Hussites decisively beat the crusading armies in the Fourth Anti-Hussite Crusade. July 7 – Battle of Chirokitia: King Janus of Cyprus is defeated and captured by the Mamluks and brought to Egypt, where he is ransomed after ten months. Date unknown Castello Orsini-Odescalchi is built in Bracciano, Italy by the Orsini family. Eunuch-dominated secret police start to control the palace guards and imperial workshops, infiltrate the civil service, and head all foreign missions in China. Births February 2 – Eleanor of Navarre, queen regnant of Navarre (d. 1479) February – Christian of Oldenburg, King of Denmark 1448–1481, of Norway 1450–1481 and of Sweden 1457–1464 (d. 1481) July 13 – Anne Neville, Countess of Warwick (d. 1492) September 19 – Maria of Cleves, French noble (d. 1487) November 30 – Johann IV Roth, Roman Catholic bishop (d. 1506) date unknown – John II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1488) Deaths March / May – Thomas Hoccleve, English poet (b. c. 1368) c. late May – Kale Kye-Taung Nyo, deposed King of Ava (b. c. 1385) September 18 – Hubert van Eyck, painter November 24 – Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter, English Plantagent noblewoman, daughter of John of Gaunt (b. c. 1363) December – Pippo Spano, Hungarian military leader (b. 1369) December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, English nobleman and military leader (b. c. 1377) date unknown – Tezozomoc, Tepanec ruler of Azcapotzalco and military leader References