“Last Of Gas Lamps Of London”, painting by Guneet Kaur (2017)

In the year 1417, King Henry V of England begins using English in correspondence, marking the beginning of the restoration of English as an official language for the first time since the Norman Conquest some 350 years earlier (Aug 12), Henry V of England captures Caen, Normandy, which remains in English hands until 1450 (Sep 20), the use of street lighting is first recorded in London when the mayor orders lanterns with lights to be hung out on the winter evenings between Hallowtide and Candlemas – and all these fine people were born:

1417-xxxx Jöns Bengtsson Oxenstierna* canon law scholar/ statesman/ Archbishop of Uppsala - Sweden (1467/c. 50)

1417-0223 Pope Paul II* (b Pietro Barbo) – Venice, Republic of Venice (1471/54)

1417-0525 Catherine of Cleves* Duchess of Guelders - Schwanenburg Castle, Cleves (1479/61)

1417-0619 Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta* nobleman/ Lord of Rimini/ military leader – Brescia (1468/51)

1417-0714 Giovanni Andrea Bussi* Italian humanist/ Bishop of Aleria/the first librarian of the Vatican Library - Vigevano, Lombardy (1475/57)

1417-1009 Johann II of Glymes* Dutch nobleman/ diplomat - (1494/76)

1417-1108 Philipp I* Count of Hanau-Lichtenberg - Windecken Castle, Hesse (1480/62)
1417-1123 William Fitzalan* nobleman/ politician – England (1487/c. 70)

Updated 4.10.2022
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