1416 ( MCDXVI ) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar , the 1416th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 416th year of the 2nd millennium , the 16th year of the 15th century , and the 7th year of the 1410s decade. As of the start of 1416, the Gregorian calendar was 9 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which was the dominant calendar of the time.

Events [ change | change source ]

• January 27 ? Republic of Dubrovnik is the first state in Europe to outlaw slavery .
• May 30 ? The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic.
• Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge destroyed, the longest arch bridge in the world at the time

Births [ change | change source ]

• March 27 ? Antonio Squarcialupi , Italian composer (died 1480 )
• October 26 ? Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (died 1490 )
• date unknown
  • Pal Engjelli , Albanian Catholic clergyman (died 1470 )
  • Francis of Paola , founder of the Order of the Minims (died 1507 )
  • Piero di Cosimo de' Medici , ruler of Florence (died 1469 )
• probable ? Jacquetta of Luxembourg , daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (died 1472 )

Deaths [ change | change source ]

• February 27 ? Eleanor of Castile , queen consort of Navarre
• March 15 ? John, Duke of Berry , son of John II of France (born 1340 )
• April 2 ? King Ferdinand I of Aragon (born 1379 )
• May 21 ? Anna of Celje , queen consort of Poland (born 1386 )
• May 30 ? Jerome of Prague , Czech theologian (executed) (born 1379 )
• December 3 ? Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg