1421

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Centuries:	14th century - 15th century - 16th century
Decades:	1390s 1400s 1410s - 1420s - 1430s 1440s 1450s
Years:	1418 1419 1420 - 1421 - 1422 1423 1424

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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.

1421 was the year that China navigated the world, and found America (70 years before Columbus), Antarctica, and circumnavigated the globe well before Magellan. They discovered Australia 350 years before Cook.

1 Events of 1421
2 Births
3 Deaths
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[edit] 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 is flooded due to the extremely high tide of the North Sea; 72 villages are 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]

**1421 in other calendars**
Gregorian calendar	1421 MCDXXI
Ab urbe condita	2174
Armenian calendar	870 ԹՎ ՊՀ
Bahá'í calendar	-423 – -422
Berber calendar	2371
Buddhist calendar	1965
Burmese calendar	783
Chinese calendar	4057/4117-11-28 (庚子年十一月廿八日) — to — 4058/4118-12-7 (辛丑年十二月初七日)
Coptic calendar	1137 – 1138
Ethiopian calendar	1413 – 1414
Hebrew calendar	5181 – 5182
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1476 – 1477
- Shaka Samvat	1343 – 1344
- Kali Yuga	4522 – 4523
Holocene calendar	11421
Iranian calendar	799 – 800
Islamic calendar	823 – 824
Japanese calendar	Ōei 28 (応永28年)
- Imperial Year	Kōki 2081 (皇紀2081年)
Korean calendar	3754
Thai solar calendar	1964
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