Life In Good Measure

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Data for 1422

The Bulgarian Empire 681–1018 and
1185–1396/1422. Picture credit CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

In the year 1422, the ninth month old Henry VI becomes King of England (Aug 31), Treaty of Melno establishes the Prussian–Lithuanian border and it remains unchanged until World War I (Sep 27), Henry VI is proclaimed King of France (Oct 21), Ottoman forces overrun the last domains of Constantine II of Bulgaria, thus ending the Bulgarian Empire - and all these fine people were born:

1422-xxxx William Caxton* printer/diplomat/ the first English retailer of printed books - England (c.1491)

1422-0308 Jacopo Piccolomini-Ammannati* Italian Renaissance cardinal/ humanist - Pescia, Republic of Florence (1479/57)

1422-0607 Federico da Montefeltro* intellectual humanist/civil leader/ condottieri - Castello di Petroa, Gubbio, Papal States (1482/40)

1422-1005 Catherine, Princess of Asturias* heiress presumptive to the Castilian throne - Illescal, Toledo (1424/1)

1422-1129 Thomas Percy* 1st Baron Egremont - Leconfield, Yorkshire, England (1460/37)

Updated 17.2.2021
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