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Years: 1420Events 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 1421Events March 21 Battle of Bauge. A small French force surprises and defeats an English force under Thomas, Duke of Clarence, a brother of Henry V of England, in Normandy. May 26 Mehmed I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his son Murad 1422Events 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 former Dauphin, Charles, is proclaimed King Charles VII of France in Bourges Th 1423Events July 31 Hundred Years War: Battle of Cravant The French army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne. August 23 English with Burgundian soldiers defeat the French, who were supported by the Scots, at Verneuil. The English-Burgundian 1424Events August 17 Battle of Verneuil An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alencon, John Stuart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Alencon was captured and Douglas killed. Births Deaths Emperor Go-Kameyama 1425Events Foundation of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Births Deaths March 17 Ashikaga Yoshikazu, Ashikaga shogun July 21 Manuel II Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor 1425. 1426Events March 6 Battle of St. James (near Avranches). An English army under John, Duke of Bedford defeats the French under Arthur de Richemont, forcing the Duke of Brittany to recognize English suzerainty. Births February Christian of Oldenburg, later King 1427Events Lincoln College in Oxford is founded. Balsics rule of Montenegro comes to an end. Bhaktapur Royal Palace in Nepal is built by King Yaksa Malla. Gabriel V elected Patriarch of the Coptic Church for the second time. Minrekyansa becomes King of Ava an 1428 1429

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