January–March •
January 19 –
Hundred Years' War:
Rouen surrenders to
Henry V of England, which brings
Normandy under the control of England. •
February 11 – At
Zaranj in modern-day Afghanistan,
Shams al-Din 'Ali ibn Qutb al-Din becomes the new
malik (monarch) of
Sistan upon the death of his father,
Qutb al-Din Muhammad ibn Shams al-Din Shah 'Ali. •
February 13 – The
University of Rostock is established in
Germany by
Albert V, Duke of Mecklenburg following approval in a papal bull from Pope Martin V. •
March 14 –
Braccio da Montone is awarded Governorship of
Bologna by
Pope Martin V in recognition of his ouster of
Antongaleazzo Bentivoglio. •
March 19 – (26 Muharram 822 AH)
Sultan al-Malik al-Nāsir of Yemen presents a set of Yemeni gifts for the
Chinese envoy to Aden to take back to China's Emperor
Cheng Zu, after having received gifts from the Chinese in January.
April–June •
April 25 – Representatives of the Swiss cantons of
Lucerne,
Uri and
Unterwalden begin negotiations in
Zurich with the
Canton of Bern in an attempt to
prevent the breakup of the Swiss Confederation. The negotiations soon fail. •
May 10 – In Italy's
Republic of Florence, the republic is elevated to the level of an
archdioese by Pope Martin V, who spent 18 months in Florence after being elected by the Council of Constance. In recognition of the hospitality accorded to him, Pope Martin names Bishop
Amerigo Corsini to be the first Archbishop of Florence. •
May 14 – The Treaty of Torun ends the war between the Teutonic Knights and the Polish and Lithuanian Kingdom. •
May 15 –
Raron affair: In Switzerland, The representatives of Lucerne, Uri and Unterwalden leave Zurich and halt further discussion with Bern after failing to win any concessions. •
June 20 – The
Ōei Invasion of
Tsushima Island,
Japan on orders of King Sejong of
Korea, begins as General Yi Jong-mu leads 227 ships and 17,285 soldiers to come ashore at
Asō Bay. •
June 26 –
Ōei Invasion: A Japanese counterattack begins with 3,700 Korean invaders killed over the next six days.
July–September •
July 1 –
Portuguese explorers
João Gonçalves Zarco,
Tristão Vaz Teixeira and
Bartolomeu Perestrello, at the service of Prince
Henry the Navigator, discover
Madeira Island, a year after Zarco and Tristão had discovered
Porto Santo Island. •
July 3 – The
Ōei Invasion ends as the Korean soldiers withdraw from Tsushima and reassemble at Geoje Island. •
August 16 – King
Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia dies of a heart attack at the age of 58, leading to the outbreak shortly thereafter of the
Hussite Wars. •
August 17 –
Siege of Ceuta: After four days of battle, the
Portuguese defenders of the city of
Ceuta are able to force a retreat of invaders from Morocco. •
August 24 – King Henry V of England directs the members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords to assemble at Westminster by October 16. •
September 10 –
John the Fearless,
Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the
Dauphin.
October–December •
October 16 – The first session, in almost two years, of the
English Parliament is opened by King Henry V. The House of Commons re-elects
Roger Flower as its speaker. •
November 7 – The
Ottoman–Venetian peace treaty ends four years of conflict, by recognizing Venetian possessions in the Aegean and the Balkans. •
November 13 – The 1419 session of the English Parliament closes after four weeks. •
November 24 – The
Timurid ruler of
Persia,
Mirza Shahrukh (r. 1404–1447), sends a large embassy to the court of
Emperor Cheng Zu of
China. The group arrives in China on 29 August 1420. == Births ==