1416
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| 1416 in poetry |
| Gregorian calendar | 1416 MCDXVI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2169 |
| Armenian calendar | 865 ԹՎ ՊԿԵ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6166 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1337–1338 |
| Bengali calendar | 822–823 |
| Berber calendar | 2366 |
| English Regnal year | 3 Hen. 5 – 4 Hen. 5 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1960 |
| Burmese calendar | 778 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6924–6925 |
| Chinese calendar | 乙未年 (Wood Goat) 4113 or 3906 — to — 丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4114 or 3907 |
| Coptic calendar | 1132–1133 |
| Discordian calendar | 2582 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1408–1409 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5176–5177 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1472–1473 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1337–1338 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4516–4517 |
| Holocene calendar | 11416 |
| Igbo calendar | 416–417 |
| Iranian calendar | 794–795 |
| Islamic calendar | 818–819 |
| Japanese calendar | Ōei 23 (応永２３年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1330–1331 |
| Julian calendar | 1416 MCDXVI |
| Korean calendar | 3749 |
| Minguo calendar | 496 before ROC 民前496年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −52 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1958–1959 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴木羊年 (female Wood-Goat) 1542 or 1161 or 389 — to — 阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1543 or 1162 or 390 |
Year 1416 (MCDXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
[edit]January–December
[edit]- January 27 – The Republic of Ragusa is the first state in Europe to outlaw slavery.
- March 16 – The Treason Act 1415 takes effect in England, making coin clipping a treasonable offense.
- May 29 – At the Battle of Gallipoli, Venetian admiral Pietro Loredan destroys the Ottoman fleet.
- May 30 – The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic.
- November 8 – Admiral Pietro Loredan is hailed as a hero upon his return to Venice after the Battle of Gallipoli.
- November 14 – China's Emperor Yongle and his fleet return to Nanjing from his fourth expedition for treasure after having been away since 1413.[1].
- November 19 – At Nanjing, the Emperor Yongle bestows gifts at a grand ceremony to princes, civil officials, military officers, and the ambassadors of 18 countries.[1]
- December 16 (26 Shawwal 819 AH) –Hasan ibn Ajlan, the Vice Sultan of the Hejaz, becomes the Emir of Mecca again upon the surrender of Rumaythah ibn Muhammad, who usurped the Emirate in February.[2]
- December 28 – China's Yongle makes announces a fifth treasure voyage.Duyvendak, J. J. L. (1939). "The True Dates of the Chinese Maritime Expeditions in the Early Fifteenth Century". T'oung Pao. 34 (5): 378. doi:10.1163/156853238X00171. JSTOR 4527170.,Duyvendak (1939), 378
- December 30 (10 Dhu al-Qa'da 819 AH) – Hamsa Bhat, the Vizier for Ali Shah, the Sultan of Kashmir, is assassinated and Zayn al-Abidin is appointed to replace him.
Date unknown
[edit]- The Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge (the longest arch bridge in the world at the time) is destroyed.
- The Hussite Bible is completed by Tamás Pécsi and Bálint Újlaki.
Births
[edit]- February 26 – Christopher of Bavaria (d. 1448)
- March 27 – Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian organist and composer (d. 1480)
- March 28 – Jodha of Mandore, Ruler of Marwar (d. 1489)
- May 25 – Jakobus, nobleman from Lichtenberg in the northern part of Alsace (d. 1480)
- October 26 – Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (d. 1490)
- date unknown
- Benedetto Cotrugli, Ragusan/Croatian merchant, economist, scientist, diplomat and humanist (d. 1469)
- Pal Engjëlli, Albanian Catholic clergyman (d. 1470)
- Francis of Paola, founder of the Order of the Minims (d. 1507)
- Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, ruler of Florence (d. 1469)
- probable – Jacquetta of Luxembourg, English duchess and countess (d. 1472)
Deaths
[edit]- February 2 – Racek Kobyla of Dvorce, Bohemian Hetman and Burgrave.
- February 27 – Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (b. c. 1363)
- April 2 – King Ferdinand I of Aragon (b. 1379)[3]
- May 21 – Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (b. c. 1381)
- May 30 – Jerome of Prague, Czech theologian (executed) (b. 1379)
- June 15 – John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (b. 1340)
- September 4 – John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count[4]
- October 1 – Yaqub Spata, lord of Arta
- October 14 – Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
- December 29 – Mathew Swetenham, bowbearer of Henry IV
- date unknown – The Limbourg brothers, painters of the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry.
- probable
- Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh prince and leader of the Welsh Revolt
- Julian of Norwich, English anchoress, mystic and author
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dreyer, Edward L. (2007). Zheng He: China and the Oceans in the Early Ming Dynasty, 1405–1433. New York: Pearson Longman. p. 82. ISBN 978-0-321-08443-9.
- ^ de Zambaur, E. (1927). Manuel de généalogie et de chronologie pour l'histoire de l'Islam (in French). Hanovre: Heinz Lafaire. p. 22.
- ^ "Ferdinand I | king of Aragon". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
- ^ Dek, A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Dutch). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. p. 66.