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Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. 1372; d. 20 Sep 1440) becomes Burgrave of Nuremberg

March 14 - Jan Hus travels to the Council of Constance to propose reforms for the church

May 5 - the Council of Constance condemns the writings of John Wycliffe and asks Jan Hus to recant in public his heresy; after his denial, he is tried for heresy, excommunicated then sentenced to be burned at the stake

July 4 - Pope Gregory XII officially closes the Council of Constance

July 6 - Jan Hus burned at the stake in Konstanz

July 31 - Henry V of England is informed of the Southampton Plot against him; he has the leaders arrested and executed before invading France

August 14 - Portugal conquers the city of Ceuta from the Moors, initiating the Portuguese Empire and European expansion and colonial era)

October 25 - Battle of Agincourt - Archers of Henry V of England are instrumental in defeating a massed army of French knights

Antipope Benedict XIII orders all Talmuds to be delivered to diocese and held until further notice

The Swiss Confederation takes the territory of Aargau from the house of Habsburg.

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March 10 - Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)

May 3 - Cecily Neville, mother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England (died 1495)

September 21 - Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (died 1493)

Benedetto Accolti, Italian jurist and historian (died 1466)

Jan Dlugosz, Polish historian (died 1480)

John de Mowbray, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (died 1461)

Rennyo, Japanese Buddhist leader (died 1499)

Erik Axelsson Tott, regent of Sweden (died 1481)

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April 15 - Manuel Chrysoloras, Greek humanist

July 6 - Jan Hus, Bohemian reformer (burned at the stake) (born 1369)

July 19 - Philippa of Lancaster, queen of John I of Portugal (plague) (born 1359)

August 5 - Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (executed)

August 5 - Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham (executed)

August or September - Michael de la Pole, 2nd Earl of Suffolk (killed in battle) (born 1367)

October 13 - Thomas FitzAlan, 12th Earl of Arundel, English military leader (born 1381)

October 25 - Killed at the Battle of Agincourt:

John I of Alençon (b. 1385)

Charles d'Albret, Count of Dreux and Constable of France

Antoine, Duke of Brabant (b. 1384)

Philip of Burgundy, Count of Nevers and Rethel (b. 1389)

Michael de la Pole, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (born 1394)

Frederick of Lorraine (born 1371)

Philip II, Count of Nevers (b. 1389)

Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (born 1373)

December 18 - Louis, Duke of Guyenne, Dauphin of France