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Calendar year
Year
1417
(
MCDXVII
) was a
common year starting on Friday
(link will display the full calendar) of the
Julian calendar
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Events
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January–December
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- June 29
– An English fleet, led by
the Earl of Huntingdon
, defeats a fleet of Genoese carracks and captures their admiral, the "Bastard of Bourbon".
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- July 27
–
Avignon Pope Benedict XIII
is deposed, bringing to an end the
Great Western Schism
.
- August 12
– King
Henry V of England
begins using English in correspondence (back to
England
from
France
whilst on campaign), marking the beginning of this king's continuous usage of English in prose, and the beginning of the restoration of English as an official language for the first time since the
Norman Conquest
, some 350 years earlier.
- September 20
– Henry V of England
captures Caen
, Normandy, which remains in English hands until
1450
.
- November 14
–
Pope Martin V
succeeds
Pope Gregory XII
(who abdicated in
1415
), as the 206th
pope
.
Date unknown
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Deaths
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References
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