What Happened in 1416

Major Events

  • Apr 2 Alfonso V succeeds his father as King of Aragon
  • May 7 Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay
  • May 30 Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance

Born in 1416

  • Mar 27 Antonio Squarcialupi [Giovanni], Italian composer and organist (Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, 1432-80), born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1480)
  • Sep 19 Piero di Cosimo de' Medici [Piero the Gouty], Italian ruler of Florence (1464-69), born in Florence, Republic of Florence (d. 1469)

Who Died in 1416

  • Apr 2 Ferdinand I the Righteous, King of Aragon and Sicily, dies at 52
  • Apr 23 Blaise/Blasius of Parma, Italian astrologist, philosopher and algebra scholar, dies
  • May 30 Jerome of Prague, Czech radical Christian teacher burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance
  • Jul 15 John, Duke of Berry, French art collector and third son of King John II of France and Bonne of Luxemburg, dies at 75



World Leaders in 1416