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1417. Year 1417 ( MCDXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar . Events. January–December. June 29 – An English fleet, led by the Earl of Huntingdon, defeats a fleet of Genoese carracks and captures their admiral, the "Bastard of Bourbon". [1]
The Western Schism was a period in the history of the Roman Catholic Church when there were two, and later three, rival popes, each with his own following, his own Sacred College of Cardinals, and his own administrative offices. The schism ran from 1378 to 1417.
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Mar 19, 2024 · Avignon papacy, Roman Catholic papacy during the period 1309–77, when the popes took up residence at Avignon, France, instead of at Rome, primarily because of the current political conditions. History of the Avignon papacy. Learn about how the Papal Palace in Avignon, France, reflects the wealth and power of the popes who lived there.
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See all videos for this article. Council of Constance, (1414–18), 16th ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church. Following the election of two rival popes ( Gregory XII in Rome and Benedict XIII in Avignon) in 1378 and the attempt at the Council of Pisa in 1409 to resolve the Great Schism by the election of a new pope, the church found ...
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AD 14 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Pompeius and Appuleius (or, less frequently, year 767 Ab urbe condita ).
Beginning. Events of 1417. Births. Deaths. 1417 was a common year. 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.
