1417 ( MCDXVII ) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar , the 1417th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 417th year of the 2nd millennium , the 17th year of the 15th century , and the 8th year of the 1410s decade. As of the start of 1417, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events of 1417 [ change | change source ]

• April 18 ? Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg begins to rule as margrave of Brandenburg
• June 24 ? The Isle of Man holds the first known Tynwald Day ; the annual meeting of its parliament Tynwald which has continued every year until present.
• July 27 ? Avignon Pope Benedict XIII is deposed, bringing to an end the Great Western Schism .
• November 11 ? Pope Martin V succeeds Pope Gregory XII as the 206th pope .
• The use of street lighting is first recorded in London , when Sir Henry Barton, the mayor, orders lanterns with lights to be hung out on the winter evenings between Hallowtide and Candlemas .

Births [ change | change source ]

• February 23 ? Pope Paul II (d. 1471 )
• June 19 ? Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta , lord of Rimini (died 1468 )
• November 23 ? William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel , English politician (died 1487 )
• date unknown
  • Jons Bengtsson Oxenstierna , regent of Sweden
  • Nicholas of Flue , Swiss hermit and saint (died 1487 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• January ? Art mac Art MacMurrough-Kavanagh , King of Leinster (born 1357 )
• April 29 ? Louis II of Naples (born 1377 )
• September 4 ? Robert Hallam , English Catholic bishop
• September 16 ? Francesco Zabarella , Italian jurist (b. 1360 )
• October 18 ? Pope Gregory XII
• December 14 ? John Oldcastle , English Lollard leader
• probable ? Huitzilihuitl , Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan