Editing 1417 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 19]] &ndash; After the dismissal of [[Al-Musta'in (Cairo)|Al-Musta'in]] as Caliph of Cairo by the Sultan [[Shaykh al-Mahmudi]] is declared unlawful by Islamic clerics, Shaykh arranges Al-Musta'in and three sons of the late [[Nasir-ad-Din Faraj|Sultan Faraj]] to be transferred away from Cairo to Alexandria.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |last=Holt |first=Peter Malcolm |author-link=Peter Holt (historian)|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopaedia of Islam|The Encyclopaedia of Islam: New Edition]] |title=Al-Musta'in (II) |edition=2nd |year=1993 |publisher=E.J. Brill |volume=VII (Mif – Naz) |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-09419-2 |page=723}}</ref>  
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Joanna II of Naples|Joanna II]], [[List of Neapolitan monarchs|Queen of Naples]], issues a pardon for [[Giacomo Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo|Giacomo Orsini]], who had rebelled against her predecessor, King [[Ladislaus of Naples]].
* [[February 15]] &ndash; In Korea, [[Grand Prince Yangnyeong]] of the [[Joseon]] Kingdom and heir to the throne, causes a scandal that ends any possibility of becoming the next King. Yangnyeong courts the wife of another official and attempts to bring here into the royal palace in [[Seoul]], ending in his banishment from the royal household and being replaced on June 3, 1418.<ref>Lee Bae-yong (2008). ''Women in Korean History.'' Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press.  {{ISBN|9788973007721}}</ref>
* [[February 24]] &ndash; An envoy of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, identified in Italian records as "Chamitzi", arrives in the [[Republic of Venice]] to demand the release of Ottoman soldiers who had been taken as prisoners of war during the conflict between Venice and the Ottomans. The release of each nation's prisoners of war is unresolved and hinders peace negotiations.<ref>{{cite journal| first=Antonio |last=Fabris |title=From Adrianople to Constantinople: Venetian–Ottoman diplomatic missions, 1360–1453 |year= 1992 |journal=Mediterranean Historical Review |volume= 7 |issue=2 |pages=154–200 |doi=10.1080/09518969208569639 }}</ref>
* [[March 5]] &ndash; [[Alexios IV of Trebizond|Alexios IV]] becomes the new [[List of Trapezuntine emperors|Emperor]] of [[Empire of Trebizond|Trebizond]] (located in what is now Turkey along the [[Black Sea]]) upon the death of his father, [[Manuel III of Trebizond|Manuel III]].<ref>George Finlay, ''The History of Greece and the Empire of Trebizond, (1204–1461)'' (Edinburgh: William Blackwood, 1851), p. 393</ref> 
* [[March 10]] &ndash; In [[Bohemia]], [[Johannes Cardinalis von Bergreichenstein]], rector of the [[Charles University|University of Prague]] issues a proclamation declaring that the theological teachings of the late [[Jan Hus]] are doctrine confirmed for all Christians, leading to eventual condemnation by the Roman Catholic Church and the Pope for [[heresy]].<ref>[[František Michálek Bartoš]],''Das Reformprogramm des Mag. Johannes Cardinalis von Bergreichenstein, des Gesandten der Karls-Universität in Prag, für das Konzil zu Konstanz'' (Göttingen: Hermann Heimpel II, 1972)</ref>