1417 - Definition and Overview

Events

• Antipope Benedict XIII is deposed, and Pope Martin V is elected.
• Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) burgrave of Nuremberg begins to rule as margrave and elector of Brandenburg

Births

• Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, later Regent of Sweden.

Deaths

• September 4 - Robert Hallam, English churchman, Bishop of Salisbury and English representative at the Council of Constance.
• October 18 - Pope Gregory XII