1417 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	14th century – 15th century – 16th century
Decades:	1380s 1390s 1400s – 1410s – 1420s 1430s 1440s
Years:	1414 1415 1416 – 1417 – 1418 1419 1420

Events of 1417

April 18 – Frederick I, Elector of Brandenburg begins to rule as margrave of Brandenburg
June 24 – The Isle of Man holds the first known Tynwald Day; the annual meeting of its parliament Tynwald which has continued every year until present.
July 27 – Avignon Pope Benedict XIII is deposed, bringing to an end the Great Western Schism.
November 11 – Pope Martin V succeeds Pope Gregory XII as the 206th pope.
The use of street lighting is first recorded in London, when Sir Henry Barton, the mayor, orders lanterns with lights to be hung out on the winter evenings between Hallowtide and Candlemas.

1417 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1417 MCDXVII
Ab urbe condita	2170
Armenian calendar	866 ԹՎ ՊԿԶ
Assyrian calendar	6167
Balinese saka calendar	1338–1339
Bengali calendar	824
Berber calendar	2367
English Regnal year	4 Hen. 5 – 5 Hen. 5
Buddhist calendar	1961
Burmese calendar	779
Byzantine calendar	6925–6926
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4113 or 4053 — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4114 or 4054
Coptic calendar	1133–1134
Discordian calendar	2583
Ethiopian calendar	1409–1410
Hebrew calendar	5177–5178
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1473–1474
- Shaka Samvat	1338–1339
- Kali Yuga	4517–4518
Holocene calendar	11417
Igbo calendar	417–418
Iranian calendar	795–796
Islamic calendar	819–820
Japanese calendar	Ōei 24 (応永２４年)
Javanese calendar	1331–1332
Julian calendar	1417 MCDXVII
Korean calendar	3750
Minguo calendar	495 before ROC 民前495年
Nanakshahi calendar	−51
Thai solar calendar	1959–1960
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1543 or 1162 or 390 — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1544 or 1163 or 391

February 23 – Pope Paul II (d. 1471)
June 19 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (died 1468)
November 23 – William FitzAlan, 16th Earl of Arundel, English politician (died 1487)
date unknown
- Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna, regent of Sweden
- Nicholas of Flüe, Swiss hermit and saint (died 1487)