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Year 1420 was a Leap Year Starting On Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian Calendar .

EVENTS OF 1420

May 21 - Treaty Of Troyes . With the Burgundian faction dominant in France, King Charles VI Of France acknowledges Henry V Of England as his heir and as virtual ruler of most of France.

May 25 - Henry The Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.

The Madeira Islands were discovered by the Portuguese João Gonçalves Zarco .

Hussite Wars - Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor fails at the Battle Of Vysehrad and is ejected from Bohemia .

Catherine Of Valois marries Henry V Of England .

Henry V Of England commences construction of Grace Dieu (ship)

Construction begins on the Temple Of Heaven in Beijing , China while the Forbidden City is completed.

World population reaches 3.75 million.

BIRTHS

November 24 - John Stafford, 1st Earl Of Wiltshire , English politician (died 1473 )

''date unknown''

--- Jean Fouquet , French painter (died 1481 )

--- Nicolas Jenson , French engraver (died 1480 )

DEATHS

June 11 - John III, Burgrave Of Nuremberg (born c.1369)

August 9 - Pierre D'Ailly , French theologian and cardinal (born 1351 )

September 3 - Robert Stewart, 1st Duke Of Albany , regent of Scotland

''date unknown''

--- Epiphanius The Wise , Russian saint

--- Andrew Of Wyntoun , Scottish chronicler (born 1350 )