Year 1417 (MCDXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events of 1417 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 the present. July 27 – Avignon Pope Benedict XIII is deposed, bringing to an end the Great Western Schism. August 12 – King Henry V of England begins using English in correspondence (back to England fr… (More on 1417) |