Editing 1424 (section)

== Events ==
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=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 23]] &ndash; [[William Cheyne (judge)|William Cheyne]] becomes the [[Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales]], replacing the late [[William Hankford]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Powell|first=Edward|authorlink=Edward Powell (historian)|title= Cheyne, Sir William (d. 1443)|encyclopedia=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford|year=2004|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/5264 }}</ref>
* [[February 1]] &ndash; While negotiating his release from captivity, King James of Scotland is allowed to be married to [[Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots|Joan Beaufort]] in [[London]], with a ceremony taking place at [[Southwark Cathedral]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Alison |last=Weir |author-link=Alison Weir |title=Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster |publisher=Random House |location=London |year=2008 |page=232 |isbn=978-0-345-45323-5 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/mistressofmonarc0000weir }}</ref> 
* [[February 12]] &ndash; The coronation of [[Sophia of Halshany]], wife of [[Władysław II Jagiełło]], as [[List of Polish royal consorts|Queen consort of Poland]] takes place at the Kraków Cathedral.<ref>{{cite book |last=Duczmal |first=Małgorzata |title=Jogailaičiai |url=http://www.melc.lt/documents/Sonka_(Sofija)_Alseniske.pdf | location=Vilnius |year=2012 |publisher=[[Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras]]|isbn=978-5-420-01703-6 |page=425}}</ref> 
* [[February 14]] &ndash; [[Wars in Lombardy]]: The Army of the [[Florentine Republic]], led by Captain [[Pandolfo III Malatesta]], storms the city of Romagna. 
* [[March 28]] &ndash; King [[James I of Scotland]] is released after having been held captive in [[England]] for 18 years. James is freed after putting his royal seal on a ransom treaty of £40,000, secured by Scottish hostages taking his place, as agreed at [[Durham, England|Durham]] in England.<ref name=ODNB>{{Cite ODNB |last =Brown |first =M. H. |author-link = Michael Brown (historian) |year =2004 |title =James I |edition = online |series =Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |doi = 10.1093/ref:odnb/14587 |url =http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14587 |access-date = 16 May 2010}}</ref>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 5]] &ndash; King James returns to Scotland for the first time since 1406, after being escorted to the border along with his wife Joan Beaufort, Queen consort, by English and Scottish nobles.<ref name=ODNB/> 
* [[May 21]] &ndash; The [[James I of Scotland|coronation of James I]] as King of Scotland takes place at [[Scone Abbey]] in the Scottish town of [[Scone, Scotland|Scone]]. After the ceremony King James performs his first knighthood ceremony, honoring 18 prominent nobles. 
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[War of L'Aquila|Battle of L'Aquila]]: [[Jacopo Caldora]] and [[Micheletto Attendolo]], for the [[Kingdom of Naples]], defeat [[Braccio da Montone]], for [[Alfonso V of Aragon]].

=== July &ndash;September ===
* [[July 28]] &ndash; The Army of the [[Duchy of Milan]], led by the Duke [[Filippo Maria Visconti]], defeats the [[Republic of Florence]] Army, led by [[Carlo I Malatesta]], in the [[Battle of Zagonara]].<ref>{{cite book |title= Makers of modern strategy: from Machiavelli to the nuclear age |author=Peter Paret |year= 1986 |publisher= Oxford University Press |page=21}}</ref>
* [[August 17]] &ndash; [[Battle of Verneuil]]: An [[Kingdom of England|English]] force under [[John, Duke of Bedford]] defeats a larger [[Kingdom of France|French]] army under the [[Duke of Alençon]], [[John Stewart, 2nd Earl of Buchan|John Stewart]], and [[Archibald Douglas, 4th Earl of Douglas|Earl Archibald of Douglas]]. Alençon is captured and Douglas killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/the-battle-of-verneuil-a-second-agincourt/|title=The Battle of Verneuil: a second Agincourt|website=The History Press|author=Richard Wadge|access-date=27 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[September 7]] &ndash; Prince Zhu Gaochi of China becomes the [[Hongxi Emperor|Emperor Renzong]] of the [[Ming dynasty]], beginning the Hongxi era, after the August 12 death of his father, the [[Yongle Emperor]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Early Ming China: A Political History |first=Edward L. |last=Dreyer|year=1982 |page=222 |publisher=Stanford University Press |url=https://archive.org/details/earlymingchinapo0000drey |location=Palo Alto CA|isbn=0-8047-1105-4}}</ref> 
* [[September 13]] &ndash; After the signing of a treaty between the different factions in the [[Hussite Wars]], the Bohemian campaign is completed in what is now the [[Czech Republic]].  
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The Hussites, led by [[Jan Žižka]], begin marching towards North Moravia to suppress the ongoing rebellion there.

=== October &ndash;December ===
* [[October 11]] &ndash;  [[Prokop the Great]] takes command of the Hussites after the death of [[Jan Žižka]] from the plague.<ref name=":10">Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). [[wikisource:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Prokop|Prokop]]. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. '''22''' (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.</ref>
* [[November 1]] &ndash; [[Xuande Emperor|Zhu Zhanji]] is designated as the Crown Prince of Ming dynasty China by his father, the [[Hongxi Emperor|Emperor Renzong]]. The Emperor dies eight months later and Zhu Zhanji becomes the [[Xuande Emperor|Emperor Xuanzong]] on June 27, 1425.<ref>{{cite book|title=Zheng He : China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405-1433|first=Edward L|last=Dreyer|year=2007|publisher=Pearson Longman|location=New York|edition=Library of World Biography Series|url=|isbn=978-0321084439}}</ref>
* [[November]] &ndash; The [[Bourges astronomical clock]], designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in the [[Bourges Cathedral]] as a gift to the town from [[Charles VII of France|King Charles VII]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Chevalier|first=Michel|title=La France des cathédrales : du IV<sup>e</sup> au XX<sup>e</sup>|page=327|publisher=Éditions Ouest-France|year=1997|language=fr}}</ref>
* [[December 10]] &ndash; [[Radu II of Wallachia|Radu II Chelul]] becomes the [[List of princes of Wallachia|Prince of Wallachia]] (now in Romania) for the third time, taking over from [[Dan II of Wallachia|Dan II]] after an Ottoman invasion.

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Dalmatia]]: Aliota Capenna, lord of Lesina (nowadays [[Hvar]]), offers his realm to the [[Republic of Venice]] (also said to have occurred in [[1409]] and [[1421]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Stephanopoli|first=Dimo|title=Voyage de Dimo et Nicolo Stephanopoli en Grèce,: pendant les années V et VI|year=1799|publisher=Guilleminet|location=Paris|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WskGAAAAQAAJ&q=aliota+capenna}}</ref>
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