1409 Council of Pisa deposes both rival popes and elects a
third ( Alexander V)
1410 Death of Alexander V and election by the council of
John XXIII
1412 Compromise of Ceuta: the Trastamarans succeed to
Aragon
1414-17 Council of Constance
1415 English defeat the French at Agincourt; Jan Hus is
burnt as a heretic by the Council of Constance after
further condemnation of Wycliffe's doctrines;
deposition of John XXIII by the council and
abdication of Gregory XII; Portuguese capture Ceuta
on North African coast: the beginning of Portuguese
expansion
1416 Jerome of Prague burnt as a heretic at Constance;
Emperor Sigismund visits France and England in an
attempt to make peace between them
1417 Second invasion of Normandy by Henry V; Council of
Constance deposes Benedict XIII and elects Martin
V: end of the Great Schism
1418 Dissolution of Council of Constance
1419 Assassination of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy,
by partisans of Charles, dauphin of France, later
Charles VII
1419-36 Hussite wars in Bohemia
1420 Treaty of Troyes formalizes Anglo-Burgundian alliance
against the dauphinists; crusade preached against the
Hussites by Martin V
1422 Deaths of Henry V and Charles VI; Henry VI of
England recognized as king of France by the Anglo-
Burgundian party, Charles VII proclaimed by the
dauphinists
1423 Outbreak of war between Milan and Florence, to last
for over thirty years
1424 Madeira colonized by Portuguese; battle of Verneuil
completes English conquest of Normandy
1427 Hussite armies threaten Germany
1428-9 Joan of Arc appears; siege of Orleans raised by
dauphinist forces; Charles Vll crowned at Rheims
1431-49 Council of Basle
1431 Joan of Arc burnt at Rouen after trial by members of

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