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1402 June 20 Battle of Angora (Ankara)-Tatars defeat Turkish Army. [1] 1403 January 11 Birth of Jan IV Duke of Brabant/Limburg. [1] February 22 Birth of Charles VII king of France (1422-61), drove out English. [1] March 8 Bajezid I Jildirim fourth sultan of Turkey (1389-1403), dies at age 42. [1] 1404 February 9 Birth of Constantine XI Dragases last Byzantine Emperor. [1] February 18 Birth of Leon B Alberti Italian humanist/architect (Della Pittura). [1] April 27 Philip the Stout, Duke of Burgundy, dies at age 62. [1] December 13 Albrecht duke of Bavaria, dies at age 74. [1] December 16 Albrecht of Bavaria duke of Bavaria, dies at about age 74. [1] 1405 February 14 Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk" [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about age 68. [1] March 6 Birth of Johan II King of Castille. [1] 1406 January 13 Birth of Matteo Palmieri Italian writer (Della vita civile). [1] April 4 Robert III King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies. [1] December 18 Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant. [1] 1407 January 3 Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht. [1] 1409 March 2 Birth of John II French duke of Alençon/co-fighter of Jeanne d'arc. [1] March 3 Austrian civil war ends. [1] March 25 Council of Pisa opens. [1] 1410 April 27 Birth of John Van Lannoy Flemish Governor of Holland/Zealand/West Frisia. [1] May 3 Alexander V [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies. [1] May 18 Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies. [1] July 15 Poland and Lithuania defeat Teutonic Knights at Tannenberg. [1] 1412 October 28 Queen Margaret of Sweden dies on a ship in Flensburg. [7] 1414 February 19 Thomas Arundel archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies. [1] November 5 The Council of Constance opens in Constance (Konstanz), Germany, to deal with the situation of three elected popes. John XXIII is deposed, Gregory XII agrees to abdicate, and Benedict XIII is deposed. [1] [37] 1415 March 20 Henry IV Bolingbroke King of England (1399-1413), dies at age 45. [1] April 15 Manuel Chrysoloras Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotèmata), dies. [1] May 29 Council of Konstanz. [1] July 6 Jan Hus is burned for heresy in Constance, Germany. [1] [37] August 15 English King Henry V lands on the Seine estuary near Harfleur, France, intending to take the port, then march upriver on Paris. [118.76] October 25 At Agincourt, France, the English army of 900 men-at-arms and 5000 longbowmen battle the French army of 7000 mounted knights, 1500 dismounted men, and 3000 crossbowmen. French charge across the mud field, and the English archers shoot them. French lose 8-12,000, the English lose 200 dead. [1] [118.77] 1416 April 2 Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragón. [1] Ferdinand I the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at age 52. [1] April 23 Blaise/Blasius of Parma Italian astrologist/philosopher/algebra, dies. [1] May 7 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay. [1] May 30 Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church. [1] 1417 April 4 John van Touraine first husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies. [1] May 31 Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen. [1] December 1 Walraven I van Brederode viceroy of Holland, dies. [1] December 14 John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned. [1] 1418 March 8 Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant. [1] 1419 January 19 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War. [1] August 16 Death of Wenceslas in Prague (born in Nürnberg, Germany); German King, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans. [37] September 10 John the Fearless Burgundy France, warrior, murdered at age 48. [1] December 11 Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence. [1] December 22 John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] Italian Pope (1410-15), dies. [1] 1420 March 1 Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten. [1] April 21 Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike. [1] May 21 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English. [1] May 23 Jews of Syria and Austria expelled. [1] 1421 March 21 Battle of Beauge-French beat British. [1] April 17 Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown. [1] May 11 Jews are expelled from Styria Austria. [1] May 23 Jews of Austria imprisoned and expelled. [1] May 26 Mohammed I sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies. [1] November 18 Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands. [1] December 6 Birth of Henry VI king of England (1422-61, 1470-71). [1] 1422 March 30 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple. [1] August 13 Birth of William Caxton first English printer (Histories of Troy). [1] 1423 May 23 Benedict XIII [Pedro the Luna] Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies. [1] July 3 Birth of Louis XI king of France (1461-83). [1] 1424 December 6 Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews. [1] 1425 January 5 John of Bavaria/Bayern liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned. [1] January 6 Jan of Bavaria liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies. [1] December 9 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven. [1] 1427 April 14 John IV duke of Brabant, dies. [1] April 17 Jan IV duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies. [1] May 10 Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland. [1] 1428 January 4 Death of Friedrich I in Altenburg, Germany; Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire. [37] January 9 Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid. [1] February 5 King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons. [1] December 22 Birth of Richard Neville Warwick second earl of Salisbury. [1] 1429 January 10 Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain. [1] April 27 Joan of Arc and a small army set out for Orléans, besieged by the English since October 1428. [129] April 29 As a French sortie distracts the English troops on the west side of Orléans, Joan of Arc enters unopposed by its eastern gate, bringing greatly needed supplies and reinforcements and inspiring the French to a passionate resistance. [1] [129] May 7 English siege of Orléans broken by French. [1] [118.9] May 8 English forces retreat from Orléans. [1] [129] July 16 The French royal army reaches Reims, which opens its gates to Joan of Arc and the Dauphin. [129] July 17 Charles VII is crowned king of France. [129] December 21 Jacquemart de Bléharies Tournay "heretic", burned to death. [1] 1430 January 1 Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services. [1] January 10 Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal. [1] Order of the Guilder forms. [1] May 5 Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany. [1] May 23 Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians at Compiegne, France. The Burgundians sell her to the English. [1] [129] October 3 Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia. [1] 1431 January 1 Birth of Alexander VI [Rodrigo Borgia] Spanish/Italian pope (1492-1503). [1] January 3 Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop. [1] February 20 Martinus V [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies. [1] February 21 England begins trial against Joan of Arc. [1] March 3 Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV. [1] May 24 Joan of Arc is sentenced to be executed for rejecting church authority. On hearing the verdict, Joan agrees to recant and is is instead condemned to perpetual imprisonment. (she changes her mind a few days later, and is again condemned to death.) [129] May 30 At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy, at age 19. [1] [5] [129] December 16 King Henry VI of England crowned king of France. [1] 1432 January 15 Birth of Afonso V "the African" king of Portugal (1438-1481). [1] March 30 Birth of Mehmed II [Fâtih] Sultan of Turkey (1451-81). [1] August 15 Birth of Luigi Pulci Italy, poet (Morgante). [1] 1433 April 14 Liduina van Schiedam Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at age 53. [1] 1434 March 1 Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen. [1] May 16 Pieter Appelmans Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about age 60. [1] May 30 Battle at Lipany. [1] Prokopius Bohemian leader of taboriets, dies in battle. [1] 1435 February 2 Johanna II lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at age 61. [1] 1437 December 9 Death of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor from 1433-1437, in Znojmo, Bohemia (born near Nürnberg); last emperor of the House of Luxembourg. [1] [37] December 27 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia. [1] 1438 January 1 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary. [1] January 5 Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara. [1] February 12 Birth of Adolf van Egmond duke of Gelre/earl of Zutphen. [1] March 18 Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany. [1] April 3 Birth of John III van Egmont [Manke John], viceroy of Holland. [1] 1439 July 16 Kissing is banned in England. [1] 1440 January 22 Birth of Ivan III the Great, Russian czar (1462-1505)/conquered Lithuania. [1] February 13 Birth of Hartmann Schedel German physician/humanist/historian. [1] February 22 Birth of Ladislaus V Posthumus King of Hungary/Bohemia. [1] December 22 Bluebeard pirate, executed. [1] 1441 February 9 Birth of Ali Sjir Neva'i [Fani] Turkish poet/author (Mahbub al-kulub). [1] March 24 Birth of Ernst I elector of Saxon (1464-86). [1] June 24 Eton College founded by Henry VI. [1] [5] 1442 April 20 Birth of Edward IV King (England, 1461-83). [1] April 28 Birth of Edward IV king of England (1461-70, 1471-83). [1] May 3 Engelbert I Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies. [1] 1443 May 9 Niccoló d'Albergati Italian cardinal, dies. [1] December 4 Birth of Pope Julius II (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael. [1] 1444 February 17 Birth of Rudolf Agricola [Roelof Huysman], Dutch humanist/organist. [1] April 7 John Capreolus French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about age 50. [1] April 26 Robert Campin South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about age 65. [1] May 17 Birth of Sandro Botticelli Italian painter (Birth of Venus). [1] May 20 Bernardinus van Siena Italian saint, dies at age 63. [1] 1446 April 16 Filippo Brunelleschi architect, dies. [1] May 3 Birth of Margaretha English princess/duchess of Bourgondie. [1] October 9 Korean Hangual alphabet devised. [1] December 28 Clemens VIII [Aegyd Muñoz] Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies. [1] 1447 February 23 Eugene IV [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies. [1] March 6 Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V. [1] May 1 Louis VII Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies. [1] 1448 January 6 Christopher III king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies. [1] December 5 Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication. [1] December 20 Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal. [1] 1449 January 1 Birth of Lorenzo de' Medici [The Magnificent] of Florence. [1] January 11 Birth of Domenico Ghirlandajo Italy, renaissance painter. [1] April 25 Anti-pope Felix V resigns. [1] May 20 Peter Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies. [1] October 27 Ulugh Beg a USSR astronomer, dies at age 56. [1]