1424

Events

• August 17 - Battle of Verneuil - An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas . Alençon was captured and Douglas killed.

Births

Deaths

• June 10 - Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria
• Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
• Muzio Sforza - condottiere and founder of the Sforza dynasty