1405
- February 14
- Timur/Tamerlan "Lenk" [Crippled], Mongols monarch, dies at about age 68. [1]
1406
- April 4
- Robert III King of Scotland (1390-1406), dies. [1]
- December 18
- Anton van Bourgondies becomes duke of Brabant. [1]
1407
- January 3
- Bloody battles between Hoeksen and Kabeljauwen in Dordrecht. [1]
1409
- March 3
- Austrian civil war ends. [1]
- March 25
- Council of Pisa opens. [1]
- December 20
- Pope Alexander V issues Papal Bull condemning the doctrines of John Wycliffe and ordering seizure of his books and manuscripts. [1458.11]
1410
- January 31
- Sir Thomas Beaufort is appointed chancellor of England. [1615.11]
- May 3
- Alexander V [Petros Philargi], Kreta's Pope (1409-10), dies. [1]
- May 18
- Ruprecht Roman catholics German king, dies. [1]
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- July 1
- Polish army begins crossing the Vistula River at town of Czerwinsk, meeting up with Lithuanian forces. [542.136]
- July 9
- Polish and Lithuanian forces cross into Prussia, to begin war with the Teutonic Knights. [542.136]
- July 13
- Polish and Lithuanian forces capture Teutonic Knights' castle at Gilgenburg. [542.136]
- July 15
- About 39,000 Polish and Lithuanian forces fight against 27,000 Teutonic Knights, at Tannenberg/Grunberg. [1] [542.134] [758.50]
1412
- October 28
- Queen Margaret of Sweden dies on a ship in Flensburg. [7]
1413
- March 20
- King Henry IV of England dies in Jerusalem Chamber of Westminster Abbey. [1395.25]
1414
- February 19
- Thomas Arundel archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies. [1]
- November 5
- The Council of Constance opens in Constance (Konstanz), Germany, to deal with the situation of three elected popes. John XXIII is deposed, Gregory XII agrees to abdicate, and Benedict XIII is deposed. [1] [37]
1415
- March 20
- Henry IV Bolingbroke King of England (1399-1413), dies at age 45. [1]
- April 15
- Manuel Chrysoloras Byzantine leader/diplomat (Erotèmata), dies. [1]
- May 29
- July 6
- Jan Hus is burned for heresy in Constance, Germany. [1] [37]
- August 15
- English King Henry V lands on the Seine estuary near Harfleur, France, intending to take the port, then march upriver on Paris. [118.76] [1321.27]
- October 25
- At Agincourt, France, the English army of 900 men-at-arms and 5000 longbowmen battle the French army of 7000 mounted knights, 1500 dismounted men, and 3000 crossbowmen. French charge across the mud field, and the English archers shoot them. French lose 8-12,000, the English lose 200 dead. [1] [118.77] [1321.28]
1416
- April 2
- Alfonso V succeeds his father as king of Aragón. [1]
- Ferdinand I the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at age 52. [1]
- May 7
- Monk Nicolaas Serrurier arrested because of heresy at Tournay. [1]
- May 30
- Jerome of Prague burned as a heretic by the Church. [1]
1417
- April 4
- John van Touraine first husband of Jacoba of Bavaria, dies. [1]
- May 31
- Jacoba van Bavarian becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen. [1]
- September 4
- After 17-day siege of Caen, army of Henry V of England breaks through. 1800 boys and men over age 12 are put to death. [1321.24]
- December 1
- Walraven I van Brederode viceroy of Holland, dies. [1]
- December 14
- John Oldcastle Lord Cobham, English nobleman, hanged and burned. [1]
1418
- March 8
- Jacoba van Bayern marries her cousin John IV van Brabant. [1]
1419
- January 19
- After nearly six months' seige, French city of Rouen surrenders to King Henry V of England. [1] [1321.30]
- August 16
- Death of Wenceslas in Prague (born in Nürnberg, Germany); German King, King of Bohemia and King of the Romans. [37]
- September 10
- John the Fearless Burgundy France, warrior, murdered at age 48. [1]
- December 11
- Heretic Nicolaas Serrurier exiled from Florence. [1]
- December 22
- John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] Italian Pope (1410-15), dies. [1]
1420
- March 1
- Pope Martinus I calls for crusade against the hussieten. [1]
- April 21
- Treaty of Saint Maartens Dike. [1]
- May 21
- Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English. [1]
- May 23
- Jews of Syria and Austria expelled. [1]
1421
- March 21
- Battle of Beauge-French beat British. [1]
- April 17
- Dikes at Dort Holland breaks, 100,000 drown. [1]
- May 11
- Jews are expelled from Styria Austria. [1]
- May 23
- Jews of Austria imprisoned and expelled. [1]
- May 26
- Mohammed I sultan of Turkey (1413-21), dies. [1]
- November 18
- Zuider Zee floods 72 villages, killing an estimated 10,000 in Netherlands. [1]
1422
- March 30
- Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple. [1]
1423
- May 23
- Benedict XIII [Pedro the Luna] Spanish Pope (1394-1423), dies. [1]
1424
- December 6
- Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews. [1]
1425
- January 5
- John of Bavaria/Bayern liege of Holland/Zealand/Dordrecht, poisoned. [1]
- January 6
- Jan of Bavaria liege of Holland/bishop/duke, dies. [1]
- December 9
- Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven. [1]
1427
- April 14
- John IV duke of Brabant, dies. [1]
- April 17
- Jan IV duke of Brabant/Limburg/wife of Jacoba van Bayern, dies. [1]
- May 10
- Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland. [1]
1428
- January 4
- Death of Friedrich I in Altenburg, Germany; Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire. [37]
- January 9
- Pope Martinus V declares Jacoba van Beierens marriage invalid. [1]
- February 5
- King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons. [1]
1429
- January 10
- Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary and Spain. [1]
- February 23
- Joan of Arc begins 350-mile trip from Vancouleurs to Chinon (France) to see Charles the dauphin, to convince him of his legitimacy and right to throne. [1042.741]
- April 27
- Joan of Arc and a small army set out for Orléans, besieged by the English since October 1428. [129]
- April 29
- As a French sortie distracts the English troops on the west side of Orléans, Joan of Arc enters unopposed by its eastern gate, bringing greatly needed supplies and reinforcements and inspiring the French to a passionate resistance. [1] [129]
- May 7
- English siege of Orléans broken by French. [1] [118.9]
- May 8
- English forces retreat from Orléans. [1] [129] [1042.743]
- June 18
- French forces under Joan of Arc defeat the main British army at the battle of Patay. [5]
- July 16
- The French royal army reaches Rheims, which opens its gates to Joan of Arc and Charles the Dauphin. [129]
- July 17
- Charles VII is crowned king of France, at Rheims. [129] [1042.743]
- December 21
- Jacquemart de Bléharies Tournay "heretic", burned to death. [1]
1430
- January 1
- Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services. [1]
- January 10
- Duke Philip the Good marries Isabella of Portugal. [1]
- Order of the Guilder forms. [1]
- May 5
- Jews are expelled from Speyer Germany. [1]
- May 23
- Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians at Compiègne, France. The Burgundians sell her to the English. [1] [129] [246.47] [1042.743]
- June
- In (what is now modern day) New Zealand, a huge comet strikes the ocean less than a hundred miles from the Chinese fleet of Zhou Man, destroying at least 173 ships, by a mega-tsunami. Observed by Chinese and Mayan astronomers as a comet in Canis Minor for 26 days. [521]
- October 3
- Jews are expelled from Eger Bohemia. [1]
1431
- January 3
- Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop. [1]
- February 20
- Martinus V [Oddo Colonna], Italian Pope, dies. [1]
- March 3
- Bishop Gabriele Condulmer elected as Pope Eugene IV. [1]
- May 24
- At the Abbey of Saint Ouen in Rouen, Joan of Arc is sentenced to be executed for rejecting church authority. On hearing the verdict, Joan agrees to recant and is instead condemned to perpetual imprisonment. (She changes her mind a few days later, and is again condemned to death.) [129] [1042.743]
- May 29
- Joan of Arc is excommunicated, sentenced to be burned at the stake the next day. [1042.744]
- May 30
- At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy, at age 19. [129] [1786.26]
- December 16
- King Henry VI of England crowned king of France. [1]
1433
- April 14
- Liduina van Schiedam Dutch mystic (Christ's Bride)/saint, dies at age 53. [1]
1434
- March 1
- Jacoba of Bavaria marries Frank van Borselen. [1]
- May 16
- Pieter Appelmans Flemish architect/master builder, dies at about age 60. [1]
- May 30
- Battle at Lipany. [1]
- Prokopius Bohemian leader of taboriets, dies in battle. [1]
1435
- February 2
- Johanna II lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at age 61. [1]
1437
- November 12
- French forces enter Paris. [1042.744]
- December 9
- Death of Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor from 1433-1437, in Znojmo, Bohemia (born near Nürnberg); last emperor of the House of Luxembourg. [1] [37]
- December 27
- Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Bohemia. [1]
1438
- January 1
- Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Hungary. [1]
- January 5
- Pope Eugenius IV deallocated council of Basel to Ferrara. [1]
- March 18
- Albrecht II von Habsburg becomes king of Germany. [1]
1439
- July 16
- Kissing is banned in England. [1]
- August 12
- French forces recapture town of Meaux from English. [1321.31]
1440
- December 22
- Bluebeard pirate, executed. [1]
1441
- June 24
- Eton College founded by Henry VI. [1] [5] [241.9]
1442
- May 3
- Engelbert I Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, dies. [1]
1443
- May 9
- Niccoló d'Albergati Italian cardinal, dies. [1]
1444
- April 7
- John Capreolus French theologist (Libri IV), dies at about age 50. [1]
- April 26
- Robert Campin South Netherlands painter/porter of Doornik, dies at about age 65. [1]
- May 20
- Bernardinus van Siena Italian saint, dies at age 63. [1]
1446
- April 16
- Filippo Brunelleschi architect, dies. [1]
- October 9
- Korean Hangual alphabet devised. [1]
- December 28
- Clemens VIII [Aegyd Muñoz] Spanish anti-pope (1423-29), dies. [1]
1447
- February 23
- Eugene IV [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies. [1]
- March 6
- Tommaso Parentucelli succeeds Pope Eugene IV as Nicolas V. [1]
- May 1
- Louis VII Duke of Baveria (1413-43), dies. [1]
1448
- January 6
- Christopher III king of Denmark/Norway/Sweden, dies. [1]
- December 5
- Bishop Jona of Moscow chosen as metropolitan of Kiev/Intoxication. [1]
- December 20
- Pope Nicolaas V named Utrechts bishop Rudolf of Diepholt, cardinal. [1]
1449
- April 25
- Anti-pope Felix V resigns. [1]
- May 20
- Peter Prince/regent of Portugal/writer (Virtuosa Benfeitoria), dies. [1]
- October 27
- Ulugh Beg a USSR astronomer, dies at age 56. [1]
- October 29
- Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, surrenders Rouen and other English-held fortresses to the French. [1321.11]
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