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Year '1422' was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events of 1422

Births

Deaths

Events of 1422

★ January 10 - Battle of Nemecky Brod during the Hussite Wars.

★ August 31 - Henry VI becomes King of England.

★ October 21 - With the death of King Charles VI of France, Henry VI of England is proclaimed King of France in Paris, while the Dauphin, Charles, is proclaimed King Charles VII of France in Bourges.

★ The Siege of Meaux

Births

★ November 27 - Gaston IV of Foix (died 1472)

★ ''date unknown'' - Babur Ibn-Baysunkur, Timurid ruler in Khurasan (died 1457)

★ ''probable'' - William Caxton, English printer (died c. 1491)

Deaths

★ March 9 - Jan Želivský, Hussite priest (born 1380) (executed)

★ July 8 - Michele of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France (born 1395)

★ August 31 - King Henry V of England (born 1387)

★ October 21 - King Charles VI of France (born 1368)

★ ''probable'' - Thomas Walsingham, English chronicler