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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
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
)
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