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Jacoba of Bavaria becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

Jacoba of Bavaria becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

Jacoba of Bavaria becomes countess of Holland/Zealand/Henegouwen

Events Before

  1. Future Alfonso V of Aragon marries his cousin Maria (14), daughter of Henry III of Castile at the Cathedral of Valencia

    Future Alfonso V of Aragon marries his cousin Maria (14), daughter of Henry III of Castile at the Cathedral of Valencia

  2. Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's forces defeat a larger French army as the longbow overcomes the armored knight at Azincou

    Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's forces defeat a larger French army as the longbow overcomes the armored knight at Azincourt, France

  3. Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance

    John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wickliffe, Wicklyf etc.; c. 1328 – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, Christian reformer, Catholic priest, and a theology professor at the...

  4. Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetian fleet under Commander Pietro Loredan defeat and capture a large part of the Ottoman fl

    Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetian fleet under Commander Pietro Loredan defeat and capture a large part of the Ottoman fleet off the Gallipoli port

  5. Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance

    Jerome of Prague (Czech: Jeroným Pražský; Latin: Hieronymus Pragensis; 1379 – 30 May 1416) was a Czech scholastic philosopher and theologian.

Events After

  1. Jacqueline, Countess of Haintaut marries her cousin John IV Duke of Brabant in The Hague

    Jacqueline, Countess of Haintaut marries her cousin John IV Duke of Brabant in The Hague

  2. An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians

    An insurrection delivers Paris to the Burgundians

  3. Milan Cathedral's high altar consecrated by Pope Martin V

    Milan Cathedral, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (Italian: Cattedrale Metropolitana della Natività della Beata Vergine Maria), is the cathedral church of Milan,...

  4. Utrecht conquers Ijsselstein

    Utrecht conquers Ijsselstein

  5. First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague Town Hall a

    First Defenestration of Prague: Anti-Catholic Hussites, followers of executed reformer Jan Hus, storm Prague Town Hall and throw the judge, mayor, and several city council members out the windows. They die in the fall or are killed by the crowd outside.

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