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 the Kalmar Union . |
 the Archbishop of Trier consecrated. |
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| 1439 in other calendars | |
| Armenian calendar | 887/888 (turn of the year July) |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1431/32 |
| Aztec calendar | 11. Rabbit - Matlactli ozce Tochtli (until the end of January / beginning of February: 10th house - Matlactli Calli ) |
| Buddhist calendar | 1982/83 (southern Buddhism); 1981/82 (alternative calculation according to Buddhas Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 68th (69th) cycle
Year of the Earth- Sheep 己未 ( at the beginning of the year Earth-Horse 戊午) |
| Chula Sakarat (Siam, Myanmar) / Dai calendar (Vietnam) | 801/802 (turn of the year April) |
| Iranian calendar | 817/818 |
| Islamic calendar | 842/843 (turn of the year 13/14 June) |
| Jewish calendar | 5199/5200 (9/10 September) |
| Coptic calendar | 1155/56 |
| Malayalam calendar | 614/615 |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 1749/50 (turn of the year April)
Syria: 1750/51 (turn of the year October) |
| Spanish era | 1477 |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 1495/96 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Holy Roman Empire
- May 5 : The battle on Etzel begins the Old Zurich War over the legacy of the male Toggenburgs who died out in 1436 . Schwyz under Ital Reding the Elder defeated Zurich under Mayor Rudolf Stüssi in battle.
- Intense diplomatic activities follow the fighting. On the mediation of the cities of Basel , Strasbourg , Constance , Schaffhausen , Überlingen , Rheinfelden , Ravensburg , St. Gallen and the messengers from Bern , Lucerne , Solothurn , Zug , Uri , Unterwalden , Appenzell and Baden , an armistice is concluded on May 13th .
- June 24th : After the death of his father Friedrich IV , the twelve-year-old Siegmund becomes Duke of Upper Austria . He is under the tutelage of his cousin Friedrich V of Austria .
Hussite Wars
- May 4 : In the Battle of Grotniki during the Hussite Wars, the Confederate Polish Hussites, led by Spytko von Mahlstein, are defeated by the Polish royal army, led by Bishop Zbigniew Oleśnicki from Krakow . The outcome of the battle ultimately leads to the downfall of the Hussite movement in Poland .
Hanso-Dutch War
- The Hanseatic-Dutch War continues as a mutual privateer war .
Kalmar Union
- The peace of Vordingborg of 1435, which was disadvantageous for Denmark after the defeat in the war against the Hanseatic League , - combined with the Engelbrekt uprising in Sweden - made King Erik VII vulnerable to the Imperial Council . He was initially deposed by the Danish and then by the other Imperial Councilors of the Kalmar Union after he had retired to Gotland .
religion
Council and Papacy
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Pope Eugene IV concludes a union agreement with the Greek Orthodox Church . This success, which arouses hopes for an end to the Eastern Schism that has persisted in the Christian Church since 1054 , gives the Pope a great reputation and weakens the Council of Basle , which is critical of the Pope, and which adhered to conciliarism . Eugene IV relocated the council that had split off a few years earlier from Ferrara to Florence on January 16 . In Basel remaining portion is on June 25 from Eugene and votes on November 5 in a few hour-long conclave Amadeus VIII. Of Savoy to the Pope, which the name Felix V. 's. This is considered to be the last historical antipope .
With the Mainz acceptance , the Roman-German King Albrecht II and six metropolitans of the Holy Roman Empire accepted a total of twenty-six reform decrees of the Basel Council at the Mainz Reichstag on March 26th .
Church hierarchy
After resigning as Bishop of Speyer last year, Raban von Helmstatt resigns as Archbishop of Trier in May . Jakob von Sierck was appointed his successor and consecrated in the same year in the chapel of Malbrouck Castle, which belonged to his family . The new archbishop and elector takes over an almost bankrupt archdiocese.
Born
Date of birth saved
- March 20 : Joan of Portugal , Infanta of Portugal and Queen of Castile († 1475 )
- April 3 : Ludwig II , German nobleman, Count of Württemberg-Urach († 1457 )
- May 29 : Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, under the name of Pius III. Pope († 1503 )
- July 2 : Johann II. Von Henneberg-Schleusingen , prince abbot of the Fulda monastery († 1513 )
- July 18 : Johann IV. , German nobleman, Duke of Saxony-Lauenburg († 1507 )
- July 26th : Siegmund , German nobleman, Duke of Bavaria-Munich († 1501 )
- August 10 : Anne , Duchess of Exeter († 1476 )
Exact date of birth unknown
- Antonius , Count of Holstein-Pinneberg and Schauenburg († 1526 )
- Bernardine von Feltre , Italian Franciscan, preacher and founder of charitable loan agencies († 1494 )
- Sönam Choglang , Tibetan abbot, 2nd Penchen Lama († 1504 )
- Lukas Fugger , German merchant and trader, titular king of Atlantis († after 1499 )
- Francesco di Giorgio , Italian architect, sculptor and painter († 1501 )
- Alexander Hegius , German humanist and priest († 1498 )
- Johann VI. , German nobleman, Duke of Mecklenburg († 1474 )
- Cosimo Rosselli , Italian painter († 1507 )
Born around 1439
- Humphrey Neville , English knight († 1469 )
Died
First half of the year
- February 6th : Johann Dederoth , German Benedictine monk, abbot of the monasteries Clus and Bursfelde
- March 1 : Catherine of Lorraine , German noblewoman, Margravine of Baden (* 1407 )
- March 20 : Thomas Peuntner , Austrian theologian, author of several edification writings (* around 1390 )
- April 25th : Avigdor Kara , rabbi, scribe and Kabbalist
- June 4 : Adolf von Essen , German Carthusian and author (* around 1350 )
- June 24th : Friedrich IV. , Austrian nobleman, Duke of Tyrol (* 1382 )
- June 26 : Archibald Douglas , Scottish nobleman, 5th Earl of Douglas, Duke of Touraine (* 1390 )
Second half of the year
- July 10 : Ludovico Pontano , Italian lawyer, diplomat and cleric (* around 1409 )
- August 27 : John Gray de Ruthyn , English knight (* around 1387 )
- September 4 : Křišťan z Prachatic , Czech scholar, astronomer (* before 1370 )
- September 8 : Johannes Schele , Bishop of Lübeck (* between 1385 and 1390)
- October 6th : Wilhelm II of Diest , Bishop of Strasbourg
- October 16 : Ambrož Hradecký , Czech priest, preacher and politician
- October 21 : Ambrogio Traversari , Tuscan humanist and theologian, writer and translator (* 1386 )
- October 27 : Albrecht II , Roman-German King, King of Hungary and King of Bohemia (* 1397 )
- October 29th : Antoine de Vergy , French nobleman, Count von Dammartin, Marshal of France (* 1375 )
- November 4th : Raban von Helmstatt , Bishop of Speyer, Archbishop of Trier, Elector (* around 1362 )
- November 18 : Agnes II of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen , Abbess of the Gandersheim Monastery (* around 1406 )
- November 18 : Anna von Veldenz , German noblewoman, Countess von Veldenz (* around 1390 )
- December 27th : Isabel le Despenser, 5th Baroness Burghersh , English noblewoman (* 1400 )
Exact date of death unknown
- Ugo Benzi , Italian philosopher, theologian and professor of medicine (* around 1360 )
- Peter von Burgsdorff , German Bishop of Lebus
- Eitel Friedrich I , German nobleman, Count of Hohenzollern (* around 1384 )
- Jacobello del Fiore , Venetian painter (proven from 1400 )
- Joseph II , Byzantine Patriarch of Constantinople (* 1416 )
- Peter von Osburg , German knight
- Nikolaus von Prüm , German legal scholar, canon lawyer (* 1395 )
- Claus de Werve , Dutch sculptor (* 1380 )
