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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
- July 31 - Henry V of England is informed of the Southampton Plot against him; he has the leaders arrested and executed before invading France
- August 14 - Portugal conquers the city of Ceuta from the Moors, initiating the Portuguese Empire and European expansion and colonial era)
- October 25 - Battle of Agincourt - Archers of Henry V of England are instrumental in defeating a 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
- March 10 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
- May 3 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1495)
- September 21 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1493)
- Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (died 1466)
- Jan Dlugosz, Polish historian (died 1480)
- John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (died 1461)
- Rennyo, Japanese Buddhist leader (died 1499)
- Erik Axelsson Tott, regent of Sweden (died 1481)
Deaths
- April 15 - Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist
- July 6 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (burned at the stake) (born 1369)
- July 19 - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (plague) (born 1359)
- August 5 - Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (executed)
- August 5 - Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (executed)
- October 13 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (born 1381)
- October 25 - Killed at the Battle of Agincourt:
- *John I of Alençon (b. 1385)
- *Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France
- *Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)
- *Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389)
- *Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (born 1394)
- *Frederick of Lorraine (born 1371)
- *Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)
- *Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (born 1373)
- Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (killed in battle) (born 1367)
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