31 August –
Henry VI becomes King of England aged nine months, following the death of his father Henry V. His uncle
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, acts as his regent in England.[1]
21 October – Henry VI is proclaimed King of France in Paris following the death of Charles VI under the terms of the Treaty of Troyes. His uncle
John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford, acts as his regent in France.[1]
April – Hundred Years' War: England allies with
Burgundy and
Brittany against France.[2]
31 July – Hundred Years' War: the English defeat the French and Scottish at the
Battle of Cravant.
1424
5 April –
James I of Scotland, having been detained at the English court since 1406, is ransomed and returns to take up his throne (having married English noblewoman
Joan Beaufort on 2 February).
17 August – Hundred Years' War: the English led by the Duke of Bedford defeat the French and Scottish at the
Battle of Verneuil.[1]
16 October – Duke of Gloucester invades
Hainault; Bishop
Henry Beaufort takes control of government in England.[2]
1425
April – Duke of Gloucester abandons his failed invasion of Hainault.[2]
10 August – Hundred Years' War:
Le Mans surrenders to the English.
30 October – Henry Beaufort tries to occupy London.[2]
1426
6 March – Hundred Years' War: the English defeat the French at the
Battle of St. James at Avranches.
Earliest likely date for marriage of
Catherine of Valois, widow of Henry V, to Welsh courtier
Owen Tudor (contrary to a recently-passed statute probibiting remarriage of a dowager queen), thus establishing the
House of Tudor.[5]
3 November –
Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, military leader (mortally wounded at the Siege of Orleans, the first prominent English victim of ordnance) (born
1388)