What Happened in 1425

Major Events

  • Jul 19 Duke John VI of Brabant pledges Holland/Zealand to Philip the Good
  • Aug 25 Countess Jacoba of Bavaria escapes from jail
  • Dec 9 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven

Born in 1425

  • Mar 31 Bianca Maria Visconti, Duchess of Milan (1450-68), born in Settimo Pavese, Lombardy, Italy (d. 1468)

Who Died in 1425

  • Jan 5 John of Bavaria/Bayern, liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned
  • Jan 6 Jan of Bavaria, liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies
  • Jan 18 Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician, dies at 33
  • Mar 17 Ashikaga Yoshikazu, 5th Japanese shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate, dies at 17
  • May 24 Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany, Scottish politician (b. 1362)

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World Leaders in 1425