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political events

The Battle of Kutna Hora (Nebovidy) 45 miles southeast of Prague January 6 ends in victory for a 25,000-man Hussite army under the command of Jan Zizka against a Catholic army twice its size (see 1421). The German king Sigismund of Luxembourg has occupied the town but is provoked into attacking Zizka, whose men repulse the attack and force Sigismund to abandon Kutna Hora and retreat. The Battle of Nemecky Brod (Deutschbrod) 40 miles northeast of Brno January 10 pits Zizka's army of 10,000 Hussites against Sigismund's army, which has been reduced to 23,000 men. The Hussites chase Sigismund's retreating forces, killing an estimated 10,000 (including 500 knights who are drowned while trying to escape across a frozen river).

England's Henry V dies of dysentery at Vincennes August 31 at age 35, protesting that he wants to live so that he may rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. His will names his brother Humphrey, 41, duke of Gloucester, as protector of his 9-month-old son, who will reign until 1460 as Henry VI. The 40-year-old Richard de Beauchamp, 5th earl of Warwick, is appointed the boy's preceptor.

France's Charles VI dies at Paris October 1 at age 53 after a 42-year reign. The Treaty of Troyes signed in 1420 disinherited the dauphin, now 19, and he will not be crowned until 1429. England's Henry VI is proclaimed king of France; the rejected dauphin abandons himself to debauchery and is easy prey for his mistresses, but Yolande of Anjou will remove them along with her son-in-law's greedy counselors.

England resumes war with France under the leadership of the king's uncle John Plantagenet of Lancaster, 33, duke of Bedford, who will rule much of France and rule England as well in the minority of Henry VI through his brother Humphrey, duke of Gloucester.

Lisbon becomes Portugal's seat of government.

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