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Years: 1415 1416 1417 - 1418 - 1419 1420 1421

Decades: 1380s 1390s 1400s - 1410s - 1420s 1430s 1440s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

• May 19 - Capture of Paris by John, Duke of Burgundy
• September - Beginning of English Siege of Rouen
• Mircea the Old, ruler of Wallachia dies and is succeeded by Vlad I Uzurpatorul.
• The first Portuguese settlers move to Madeira Islands.

Births

• January 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, King of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (died 1448)
• December 12 - Archduke Albert VI of Austria (died 1463)
• Peter II, Duke of Brittany (died 1457)

Deaths

• March 22 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
• June 2 - Katherine of Lancaster, queen of Henry III of Castile
• June 12 - Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, Constable of France (b. 1360)
• November 25 - Henry Beaufort, 2nd Earl of Somerset (born 1401)
• Ixtlilxochitl, Aztec ruler of Tetzcoco
• Mircea cel Bătrân, ruler of Wallachia (born 1386)