1416

Year 1416 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

Events of 1416

* January 27 - The Republic of Dubrovnik is the first state in Europe to outlaw slavery.
* May 30 - The Catholic Church burns Jerome of Prague as a heretic.
* Trezzo sull'Adda Bridge (the longest arch bridge in the world at the time) is destroyed.

Births

* March 27 - Antonio Squarcialupi, Italian composer (d. 1480)
* October 26 - Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent (d. 1490)
*"date unknown"
**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, daughter of Pierre de Luxembourg (d. 1472)

Deaths

* February 27 - Eleanor of Castile, queen consort of Navarre (b. c. 1363)
* March 15 - John, Duke of Berry, son of John II of France (b. 1340)
* April 2 - King Ferdinand I of Aragon (b. 1379)
* May 21 - Anna of Celje, queen consort of Poland (b. 1386)
* May 30 - Jerome of Prague, Czech theologian (executed) (b. 1379)
* December 3 - Henry the Mild, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
* ? - Owain Glyndŵr, Welsh Prince and leader of the Welsh Revolt