1424 was a leap year starting on Saturday.
Events of 1424
August 17 – Battle of Verneuil – An English force under John, Duke of Bedford defeats a larger French army under the Duke of Alençon, John Stewart, and Earl Archibald of Douglas. Alençon was captured and Douglas killed. June – Battle of L'Aquila – Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo for the Kingdom of Naples defeat Braccio da Montone for Alfonso V of Aragon.
Births
October 31 – King Wladislaus III of Poland (died 1444) date unknown Demetrius Chalcondyles, Greek scholar (died 1511) Abu Sa'id, ruler of Persia and Afghanistan (died 1469)
Deaths
January 4 – Muzio Sforza, Italian condottiero
May 10 – Emperor Go-Kameyama of Japan
June 5 – Braccio da Montone, Italian condottiero
June 10 – Duke Ernest of Austria (born 1377) June 16 – Johannes Ambundii, Archbishop of Riga August 12 – Yongle Emperor of China (born 1360) December 31 – Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader date unknown Parameswara, Malay prince (born 1344) Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader probable – Johannes Abezier, provost and bishop of the Teutonic Knights (born 1380)