Major Events
- Feb 22 English King Henry V lays the foundation stone for Syon Abbey for nuns of the Bridgettine Order. Became one of the wealthiest abbeys in England.
- May 4 Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance
- May 29 Pope John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] formally deposed as Pope at the Conference of Constance, Germany, after he had fled the town in disguise
- Jul 4 Angelo Correr renounces his claim to the Papacy as Pope Gregory XII
- Jul 6 Bohemian religious reformer Jan Hus is burned at the stake in Constance, Germany
- Jul 31 The Southampton plot to assassinate English king Henry V and put Edmund Mortimer on the throne is uncovered
- Aug 13 King Henry V of England lands his army at the mouth of Seine River in France
- Oct 25 Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's forces defeat larger French army, and the longbow defeats the armored knight (Azincourt, France)
- Oct 25 John IV of Burgundy becomes Duke of Brabant and Limburg, upon his father's death
Born in 1415
- Mar 10 Vasili II 'the Blind' Grand Prince of Moscow (1425-62) (d. 1462)
- May 3 Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England, born in Raby Castle, Durham, England (d. 1495)
- Sep 21 Frederick III of Innsbruck, German Emperor (1440-1493), born in Innsbruck, Tyrol (d. 1493)
Who Died in 1415
- Apr 15 Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist & grammarian, dies at 60
- Jul 6 Jan Hus, Bohemian religious reformer burned for heresy by the Church at Constance, Germany (b. 1369)
- Jul 19 Philippa of Lancaster, Queen of Portugal as wife of King John I (1387-1415), dies of the plague at 55
- Oct 13 Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (b. 1381)
- Oct 25 Anton of Burgundy, French son of Philip the Stout, and Duke of Brabant and Limburg, dies in the Battle of Agincourt at 31
More 1415 Deaths
Famous Weddings in 1415
- Jun 12 Future Alfonso V of Aragon marries his cousin Maria (14), daughter of Henry III of Castile at the Cathedral of Valencia
Henry V
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