1415
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| Centuries: | 14th century - 15th century - 16th century |
| Decades: | 1380s 1390s 1400s - 1410s - 1420s 1430s 1440s
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| Years: | 1412 1413 1414 - 1415 - 1416 1417 1418 |
Template:C15YearInTopicX Year 1415 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1415
- April 30 - Frederick I becomes Elector of Brandenburg.
- 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 Konstanz
- 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
- Avignon Pope 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.
- The Grand Canal of China was reinstated by this year after it had fallen out of use, restored during the reign of the Yongle Emperor in the Ming Dynasty.
| Gregorian calendar | 1415 MCDXV
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| Ab urbe condita | 2168 |
| Armenian calendar | 864 ԹՎ ՊԿԴ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -429 – -428 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1959 |
| Coptic calendar | 1131 – 1132 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1407 – 1408 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5175 – 5176 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1470 – 1471 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1337 – 1338 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4516 – 4517 |
| Holocene calendar | 11415 |
| Iranian calendar | 793 – 794 |
| Islamic calendar | 817 – 818 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei
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| - Imperial Year | Kōki 2075 (皇紀2075年) |
| Julian calendar | 1460 |
| Korean calendar | 3748 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1958 |
[edit] 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 (died 1493)
- December 1 - Jan Długosz, Polish historian (died 1480)
- date unknown
- Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (died 1466)
- John de Mowbray (died 1461)
- Rennyo, Japanese Buddhist leader (died 1499)
[edit] 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 (executed)
- Henry Scrope (executed)
- Thomas Grey (executed)
- August or September - Michael de la Pole (killed in battle) (born 1367)
- October 13 - Thomas FitzAlan, 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 (b. 1384)
- Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389)
- Michael de la Pole (born 1394)
- Frederick of Lorraine (born 1371)
- Philip II (b. 1389)
- Edward of Norwich (born 1373)
- Dafydd Gam, Welsh nobleman (born c. 1380)
- December 18 - Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Dauphin of France
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