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19th of November 1424. The third St. Elizabeth's flood after 1404 and 1421 hits the Dutch coast. (Took place from 18 to 19 November 1424).

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1st of November 1424. Zhu Zhanji is designated as the Crown Prince of Ming dynasty China by his father, the Emperor Renzong. The Emperor dies eight months later and Zhu Zhanji becomes the Emperor Xuanzong on June 27, 1425.

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November 1424. The Bourges astronomical clock, designed by Jean Fusoris, is installed in the Bourges Cathedral as a gift to the town from King Charles VII.

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16th of October 1424. The Duke of Gloucester invades Hainault to recover his wife's inheritance from Burgundy; in his absence Bishop Beaufort controls the government in England.

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12th of October 1424. Scotland: King James I and Archibald, 5th Earl of Douglas, meet at Melrose Abbey, ostensibly to agree to the appointment of John Fogo, a monk of Melrose, to the abbacy.

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11th of October 1424. Bohemia: Jan Žižka, leader of the Taborites, opposed to the Utraquists, dies of the plague. The priest Prokop Holý succeeds him at the head of the Hussite army in 1426 and achieves successes against the anti-Hussite crusaders.

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October 1424. Humphrey, the duke of Gloucester invaded Burgundian Hainault to claim his wife's inheritance, thus upsetting the Anglo-Burgundian alliance.

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28th of September 1424. The English lay siege to Mont-Saint-Michel (to June 24, 1425).

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23rd of September 1424. The Hussites, led by Jan Žižka, begin marching towards North Moravia to suppress the ongoing rebellion there. (Jan Žižka leading his troops, illumination from the late 1400s)

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14th of September 1424. Peace is concluded between the Hussite parties through the influence of John of Rokycany, afterwards Utraquist archbishop of Prague.

13th of September 1424. After the signing of a treaty between the different factions in the Hussite Wars, the Bohemian campaign is completed in what is now the Czech Republic.

7th of September 1424. Prince Zhu Gaochi of China becomes the Emperor Renzong of the Ming dynasty, beginning the Hongxi era, after the August 12 death of his father, the Yongle Emperor.

17th of August 1424. French and Scottish forces are defeated by the English in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France. The battle was later dubbed a "second Agincourt".

12th of August 1424. Death of the Yongle Emperor of China, aged 64, who began his reign in 1402.

4th of August 1424. The Earl of Buchan leaves Tours to meet with Aumale and Narbonne. But before the army can reach the castle, it surrenders to the English. Uncertain what to do, the allied commanders hold a council of war.

Early August 1424. The castle of Ivry surrenders to the English before it can be relieved by the Scottish troops, who then turn to Verneuil-sur-Avre, which they conquer by ruse.

29th of July 1424. Following the death of Braccio da Montone, Perugia opens its doors to Pope Martin V, who restores his power over Perugia, Treviso, Nocera and Montefalco with the support of Filippo Maria Visconti of Milan.

28th of July 1424. The Army of the Duchy of Milan, led by the Duke Filippo Maria Visconti, defeats the Republic of Florence Army, led by Carlo I Malatesta, in the Battle of Zagonara.

July 1424: Hussite Wars: Duke Albrecht of Austria (Albert II of Germany) attempted to take control of Moravia from the south, while a devastating Hussite attack began from the west. Several pro-Habsburg, Catholic towns were taken and razed to the ground.

10th of June 1424. After the death of the Habsburg Ernest the Iron, his son Frederick V becomes Duke of Inner Austria, consisting of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola. The guardian of the underage Frederick and his brother Albert VI is their uncle Frederick IV of Tyrol.

7th of June 1424. In the Battle of Malešov on June 7, an army of radical Hussites under the command of the blind Jan Žižka defeated a joint army of moderate Prague Hussites and the Catholic nobility. One of the commanders on the Prague side was Hašek of Waldstein.

5th of June 1424. Death of Braccio da Montone, after being mortally wounded in the neck and taken prisoner at the Battle of L'Aquila on the 2nd of June.

2nd of June 1424. Battle of L'Aquila: Jacopo Caldora and Micheletto Attendolo, for the Kingdom of Naples, defeat Braccio da Montone, for Alfonso V of Aragon.

June 1424. Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos (Iōánnēs Palaiológos), German emperor Sigmund (Sigismund) and King Eric the Pomeranian (Erik) of Scandinavia, A Drawing from their meeting in Buda (Budapest).

26th of May 1424. Perth, Scotland: King James I imposed a 5 per cent tax to pay his ransom; this was the first tax in Scotland for 50 years. The Football Act was passed, banning the playing of football.

21st of May 1424. The coronation of James I as King of Scotland takes place at Scone Abbey in the Scottish town of Scone. After the ceremony King James performs his first knighthood ceremony, honouring 18 prominent nobles.

2nd of May 1424. Start of Yongle's fifth personal campaign in Mongolia. He died in the countryside on August 12.

11th of April 1424. Joanna II of Naples and Louis III of Anjou retake Naples from the supporters of King Alfonso V of Aragon.

28th of March 1424. Durham City: England and Scotland agree a seven-year truce. James I, King of Scotland, is released by the English after signing this peace treaty. A ransom treaty of £40,000 sterling (less a dowry remittance of 10,000 marks) was agreed, to which James attached his own seal.

26th of February 1424. London: John Mortimer was executed for plotting to murder Humphrey, the duke of Gloucester, brother of the late Henry V and regent of Henry VI, and put Edmund Mortimer, the earl of March, on the throne.

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23rd of September 1424. The Hussites, led by Jan Žižka, begin marching towards North Moravia to suppress the ongoing rebellion there. (Jan Žižka leading his troops, illumination from the late 1400s)

17th of August 1424. French and Scottish forces are defeated by the English in Verneuil-sur-Avre, France. The battle was later dubbed a "second Agincourt".

June 1424. Byzantine emperor John VIII Palaiologos (Iōánnēs Palaiológos), German emperor Sigmund (Sigismund) and King Eric the Pomeranian (Erik) of Scandinavia, A Drawing from their meeting in Buda (Budapest).