Editing 1415 (section)

== Events ==

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 24]] &ndash; [[France]] and [[England]] agree to extend their truce in the ongoing Burgundian War after the English Bishop of Durham and of Norwich meet with representatives of [[Charles VI of France|King Charles VI]], prolonging a ceasefire until May 1.<ref>Sir James H. Ramsay, ''Lancaster and York: A Century of English History, A.D. 1399-1485'' (Clarendon Press, 1892) p.192</ref>
* [[January 30]] &ndash;  (19th day of 12th month [[Ōei|Ōei 21]]) [[Emperor Shoko of Japan|Shoko]] is formally enthroned as the new Emperor of Japan, more than two years after the abdication of his father, the [[Emperor Go-Komatsu]].
* [[February 22]] &ndash; 
**[[Forty Years' War]]: (Full moon of Tabaung 776 ME) In what is now [[Myanmar]], [[Razadarit]], ruler of the [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]], authorizes a plan to fight the forces of [[Minkhaung I]] ruler of the [[Ava Kingdom]]. King Razadarit leads the invasion on March 2 (8th waning of Tabaung 776 ME).
**King Charles VI of France and [[John the Fearless]], Duke of Burgundy, sign the Treaty of Arras.
* [[March 2]] &ndash; At the [[Council of Constance]], the [[Antipope John XXIII]], chosen at the Council of Pisa, promises that he will resign all claims to leadership of the Roman Catholic Church. 
* [[March 13]] &ndash; (4th waxing of [[Tagu]] 776 ME) At the decisive Battle of Dala in Myanmar, Crown Prince Minye Kyawswa of Ava leads his troops in the battle against the army of King Razdarit of Hanthawaddy.<ref name=Yazawin>''[[Yazawin Thit]]'' Vol. 2 2012, p. 262</ref> Prince Kyawswa is killed, but  King Minkhaung's troops defeat the Hanthawaddy invaders and force their retreat.Yazawin Thit The loss for King Razdarit comes despite the advice of his [[astrology|astrologers]] for the date of the attack.<ref name=Yazawin/>
* [[March 20]] &ndash; Despite his promise to resign, the Antipope John XXIII escapes the city of Constance and takes refuge in the Duchy of Austria at [[Schaffhausen]].<ref>{{cite CE1913|last=Shahan|first= Thomas|wstitle=Council of Constance|volume= 4}}</ref>
* [[March 23]] &ndash; [[Giorgio Adorno]] resigns as the Doge of Genoa despite having been appointed for life.<ref name=Epstein>Steven Epstein, ''Genoa and the Genoese, 958-1528'' (University of North Carolina Press, 1996) p.326</ref>
* [[March 29]] &ndash; [[Barnaba Guano]] is elected as the new [[Doge of Genoa|Doge]] of the [[Republic of Genoa]].<ref name=Epstein/>

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 6]] &ndash; The decree ''[[Haec sancta synodus]]'' is approved by the [[Council of Constance]] and sets the precedent that an [[ecumenical council]] of cardinals and bishops has superiority over the Pope. The decree provides that a council "legitimately assembled in the Holy Spirit... has power immediately from Christ; and that everyone of whatever state or dignity, even papal (in the Latin text,''etiam si papalis''), is bound to obey it in those matters which pertain to the faith."<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Tanner|editor-first=Norman P.|year=1990|title=Decrees of the Ecumenical Councils|volume=1|location=Washington, DC|publisher=Georgetown University Press|isbn=0878404902|pages=409–10}}</ref> 
* [[April 30]] &ndash; [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg|Frederick I]] becomes [[Elector of Brandenburg]].
* [[May 4]] &ndash; The [[Council of Constance]] declares that the late English theologian [[John Wycliffe]] (1328-1384) was a heretic and bans his writings, as well as directing that his work be burned, and that Wycliffe's remains be removed from their burial site on consecrated church ground.<ref>{{cite web |last=Conti |first=Alessandro |title=John Wyclif |url=https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/wyclif/ |access-date=3 June 2019 |website=[[Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy]] }}</ref> The order will be carried out 13 years later in [[1428]]. 
* [[May 11]] &ndash; From [[Valencia]] in Spain, the [[Antipope Benedict XIII]] issues a [[papal bull]] with eleven prohibitions against Jews, including a ban on teaching, reading or possessing the [[Talmud]]; prohibition of Jewish possession of Christian artifacts or Christian books; limiting each town to only one [[synagogue]]; barring Jews from serving specific jobs or making contracts; segregating Jews from Christians in all public places; and requiring all Jews to wear "a red and yellow sign" on their clothes. Jews who convert to the Roman Catholic faith become exempt from the restrictions<ref>E. H. Lindo, ''[https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_Jews_of_Spain_and_Por/vgFaAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Benedict+XIII+1415+Jews+May&pg=PA214&printsec=frontcover The History of the Jews of Spain and Portugal, from the Earliest Times to Their Final Expulsion from Those Kingdoms and Their Subsequent Dispersion]'' (Longman, 1848) pp.213-215</ref>
* [[May 29]] &ndash; The [[Council of Constance]] approves an order dismissing, ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' the [[Antipope John XXIII]], who had been chosen by the Council of Pisa, from any authority over the Roman Catholic Church.
* [[June 5]] &ndash; The Council of Constance condemns the writings of [[John Wycliffe]] and asks [[Jan Hus]] to recant in public his [[Christian heresy|heresy]]; after his denial, he is tried for heresy, excommunicated, then sentenced to be burned at the stake.

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 4]] &ndash; [[Pope Gregory XII]] officially opens the [[Council of Constance]], and then abdicates.<ref name=Mandell>Mandell Creighton, ''A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation: The Great Schism. The Council of Constance. 1378-1418'' (Longmans, Green 1882) p.362</ref> He is the last pope to resign, until [[Pope Benedict XVI]] in [[2013]].
* [[July 6]] &ndash; [[Jan Hus]] is [[burned at the stake]] in [[Konstanz]].
* [[July 18]] &ndash; Sigismund, King of the Romans, departs from the meeting of the [[Council of Constance]] on a special trip to [[Perpignan]], in order to secure the resignation of the antipope Benedict XIII in order to end the Western Schism, and then to try to end the wars between France and England, and Poland and the Teutonic Knights.<ref name=Mandell/> 
* [[July 31]] &ndash; [[Henry V of England]] is informed of the [[Southampton Plot]] against him; he has the leaders arrested and executed, before invading [[France]].
* [[August 21]] &ndash; [[Conquest of Ceuta]]: [[Portugal]] conquers the city of [[Ceuta]] from the [[Moors]], initiating the [[Portuguese Empire]], and [[Europe]]an expansion and [[colonialism]].
* [[September 20]] &ndash; [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Sigismund, King of the Germans]], who convened the [[Council of Constance]], meets in Spain with the antipope Benedict XIII, and makes an unsuccessful attempt to persuade Benedict to resign.<ref name=Mandell/> 

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 25]] &ndash; [[Battle of Agincourt]]: [[English longbow|Archers]], led by [[Henry V of England]] are instrumental in defeating a larger army of French knights.<ref>{{cite book|author=Michael Jones|title=24 Hours at Agincourt: 25 October 1415|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZC_JDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA315|date=4 August 2016|publisher=Ebury Publishing|isbn=978-0-7535-5546-0|pages=315}}</ref> [[Edward, 2nd Duke of York]], the son of King Henry, is killed in the battle, along with the French commander, [[Charles I d'Albret]], Constable of Paris, and the second-in-command, [[John I, Duke of Alençon]].  
* [[November 4]] &ndash; The [[English Parliament]] is opened by King Henry V for an 8-day session.
* [[November 5]] &ndash; In an attempt to resolve the [[Brandenburg–Pomeranian conflict]] in Germany, [[Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg]] pledges his 3-year-old daughter, [[Magdalene of Brandenburg (1412–1454)|Magadalene]] for a future marriage to [[Wartislaw IX]], the 15-year-old Duke of [[Pomerania-Wolgast]].<ref name=Heitz>{{Cite book|title=Geschichte in Daten. Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|first1=Gerhard|last1=Heitz|first2=Henning|last2=Rischer|publisher=Koehler&Amelang|location=Münster-Berlin|year=1995|page=189|isbn=3-7338-0195-4|language=German}}</ref> Magdalene and Wartislaw marry other people after they grow up.
* [[November 12]] &ndash; The English Parliament is closed after accomplishing the passage of the Money Act 1415, upgrading the penalty for importing or offering in payment "any sort of money forbidden by former statutes" to a felony.<ref>{{cite book |title=Chronological Table of and Index to the Statutes |edition=13th |publisher=Her Majesty's Stationery Office |location=London |date=1896 |volume=1: To the End of the Session 59 Vict. Sess. 2 (1895) |url={{GBurl|EfcZAAAAYAAJ|page=34}} |pages=34 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref>
* [[December 16]] &ndash; The Treaty of Eberswalde is signed between [[Pomerania-Stettin]] (ruled by [[Otto II, Duke of Pomerania|Otto II]] and [[Casimir V, Duke of Pomerania|Casimir V]]) and [[Brandenburg]] (ruled by the Elector Frederick I), temporarily ending the [[Uckermark War (1412–1415)|Uckermark War]] between the two duchies. In return for payment by Brandenburg, Pomerania-Stettin gives up [[Uckermark]], [[Boitzenburger Land|Boitzenburg]] and [[Zehdenick]]. <ref name=Heitz/>  
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[John, Duke of Touraine|Jean de Touraine]] becomes the new [[Dauphin of France]], heir to the throne, upon the death of his older brother [[Louis, Duke of Guyenne]]. Jean dies on April 5, 1417, five years before the death of his father, King [[Charles VI of France]].

=== Date unknown ===
* [[Avignon Pope Benedict XIII]] orders all [[Talmud]]s to be delivered to the [[diocese]], and held until further notice.
* The [[Old Swiss Confederacy|Swiss Confederation]] takes the territory of [[Aargau]] from the house of [[Habsburg]].
* The [[Grand Canal of China]] is reinstated by this year after it had fallen out of use; restoration began in [[1411]], and was a response by the [[Yongle Emperor]] of the [[Ming Dynasty]] to improve the [[grain trade|grain shipment]] system of tribute traveling from south to north, towards his new capital at [[Beijing]]. With this action, the food supply crisis is solved by the end of the year.