1416

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**1416**

### Events and Notable Occurrences

#### Politics and World Affairs

* February 19: Savoy becomes a duchy when King Sigismund elevates Count Amadeus VIII to the duke's status.
* May 30: Jerome of Prague, companion of Jan Hus and co-founder of the Hussite movement, is burned as a heretic at the Council in Constance.
* June 11: Heyno Sobbe, a goldsmith, is arrested and executed on charges of organizing a craftsman revolt against the return of the Old Council to Lübeck.
* May 27: King Sigismund of Germany travels to London to mediate a peace treaty with France, but Charles VI withdraws his consent before the signing of the treaty.
* August 15: The Treaty of Canterbury is concluded as a treaty of alliance between King Henry V of England and King Sigismund.

#### Holy Roman Empire

* February 19: Count Amadeus VIII is elevated to the status of duke by King Sigismund, making Savoy a duchy.
* September 12: Wenzel Gerard von Burenitz, an administrator in Olmütz, dies, leading to a dispute over his succession.

#### Hundred Years' War

* May 30: Jerome of Prague is burned as a heretic at the Council in Constance.
* August 15: The Treaty of Canterbury is concluded between King Henry V of England and King Sigismund.

#### Asia

* King Shō Hashi of the Chūzan Empire conquers neighboring Hokuzan towards the end of the Sanzan period.

#### Culture

* March 15: Due to the death of Jean de Valois, duc de Berry, the book of hours Très Riches Heures of the three brothers of Limburg is not completed.

#### Religion

* September 12: Wenzel Gerard von Burenitz dies, leading to a dispute over his succession.
* October 3: King Wenceslas and the Archbishop of Prague confirm the election of Albrecht as the successor to Wenzel Gerard von Burenitz.
* December 14: Albrecht flees to the episcopal city of Kremsier after an uprising in Olmütz.

### Notable Deaths

* February 27: Jakobus, a noble from Lichtenberg in Alsacia
* March 27: Antonio Squarcialupi, an Italian organist and composer
* April 2: King Ferdinand the Righteous of Aragon dies
* May 28: Jodha dari Mandore, a ruler of Marwar
* June 6: Raoul de Gaucourt and Regnault de Chartres are paroled to serve as England's emissaries
* July 1: Henry Chichele begins the first of his semiannual inquisitions
* August 28: Christopher of Bavaria dies

### Notable Births

* February 27: Eleanor of Castile, reine consort of Navarre
* March 15: Due to the death of Jean de Valois, duc de Berry