1422

Year 1422 (MCDXXII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.

Year 1422 (MCDXXII)

The year 1422 was a common year that commenced on a Thursday according to the Julian calendar.

January 10 – Hussite Wars – Battle of Německý Brod: The Hussites achieve victory against an army of Royalist Crusaders.
March 21–May 2 – Hundred Years’ War – Siege of Meaux: The city of Meaux capitulates to the English.
June 10–September – The Ottoman Sultan Murad II lays siege to Constantinople, but the siege is lifted due to a rebellion led by Küçük Mustafa.
August 22 – The Kingdom of Portugal discontinues the use of the Spanish era dating system.
September 1 – Henry VI ascends as King of England, at the tender age of nine months.
September 27 – The Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Poland along with the Grand Duchy of Lithuania sign the Treaty of Melno ending the brief Gollub War, establishing a stable border that remains unchanged until World War I.
October 21 – Following the death of King Charles VI of France, Henry VI of England is declared King of France in Paris, while his maternal uncle, Dauphin Charles, is proclaimed King Charles VII of France in Bourges.

Ottoman forces capture the last territories of Constantine II of Bulgaria, who subsequently dies in exile at the Serbian court, marking the end of the Bulgarian Empire.
In Italy, Venice has a population of 84,000 ruled by 200 men, whereas Florence supports a population of 40,000 overseen by 600 men.

March 8 – Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1479)
June 7 – Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino (d. 1482)
October 5 – Catherine, Princess of Asturias, Spanish royal (d. 1424)
November 27 – Gaston IV, Count of Foix, French nobleman from Bearn (d. 1472)
November 29 – Thomas Percy, 1st Baron Egremont, English baron (d. 1460)
Date unknown – Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza, Timurid ruler in Khurasan (d. 1457)
Probable – William Caxton, English printer (d. c. 1491)
Approximate – Agnès Sorel, French courtier, mistress of Charles VII of France (d. 1450)

March 9 – Jan Želivský, Hussite priest (executed) (b. 1380)
July 8 – Michelle of Valois, French princess and duchess consort of Burgundy (b. 1395)
August 31 – King Henry V of England (b. 1386)
September 17 – Emperor Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. after 1370)
October 21 – King Charles VI of France (b. 1368)
Probable – Thomas Walsingham, English chronicler