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| Years: 1412 1413 1414 - 1415 - 1416 1417 1418 | |
| Decades: 1380s 1390s 1400s - 1410s - 1420s 1430s 1440s | |
| Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century | |
Events
- Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) becomes Burgrave of Nuremberg
- March 14 - Jan Hus travels to the Council of Constance to propose reforms for the church
- May 5 - the Council of Constance condemns the writings of John Wycliffe and asks Jan Hus to recant in public his heresy; after his denial, he is tried for heresy, excommunicated then sentenced to be burned at the stake
- July 4 - Pope Gregory XII officially closes the Council of Constance
- July 6 - Jan Hus burned at the stake in Constance
- August 14 - Portugal conquers the city of Ceuta from the Moors (it marks the creation of the Portuguese Empire)
- October 25 - Battle of Agincourt - Longbowmen of Henry V of England defeat massed army of French knights
- Antipope Benedict XIII orders all Talmuds to be delivered to diocese and held until further notice
- The Swiss Confederation takes the territory of Aargau from the house of Habsburg.
Births
- May 3 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (d. 1495)
- September 21 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1493)
- Erik Axelsson Tott, later Regent of Sweden (d. 1481)
- Johannes Ockeghem, Franco-Flemish composer, renowned in later 15th century
Deaths
- April 15 - Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek scholar
- July 6 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (burned at the stake) (b. 1369)
- July 19 - Philippa of Lancaster, Queen consort of Portugal (of the plague) (b. 1359)af:1415
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