What Happened in 1417

Major Events

  • May 31 Jacoba of Bavaria becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen
  • Nov 11 Oddo Colonna elected as Pope Martinus V

Born in 1417

  • Feb 23 Louis IX 'Louis the Rich', German Duke of Bavaria (founded University of Ingolstadt, now Munich), born in Burghausen, Bavaria (d. 1479)
  • Feb 23 Pope Paul II [Pietro Barbo], Italian Pope (1464-71), born in Venice, Republic of Venice (d. 1471)
  • Nov 23 William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (d. 1487)

Who Died in 1417

  • Apr 4 John van Touraine, 1st husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies
  • Jul 15 Willem Eggert, Dutch financier, 1st Lord of the free and high fief Purmerend and Purmerland, dies at 56 or 57
  • Sep 26 Francesco Zabarella, Italian jurist (b. 1360)
  • Oct 18 Pope Gregory XII [Angelo Correr], Pope (1406-15), dies
  • Dec 1 Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies

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World Leaders in 1417