Editing 1439 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 30]] &ndash; The [[Council of Basel]] begins a conclave to elect its own successor to Pope Eugene IV, whom it had deposed on June 25.<ref name=Stieber/>
* [[November 5]] &ndash; The Council of Basel elects its own pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, and selects [[Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy]] (considered an [[antipope]]), who takes the regnal name [[Felix V]].<ref>Hugo Manger, [https://books.google.com/books?id=DfTpe0nRz1oC&pg=PA5 ''Die Wahl Amadeo's von Savoyen zum Papste durch das Basler Konzil (1439)''], {{in lang|de}}, (Marburg: R. Friedrich, 1901).</ref>
* [[November 12]] &ndash; 
**The English Parliament is opened and the House of Commons elects [[William Tresham]] as its speaker.
**In [[England]], [[Plymouth]] becomes the first town incorporated by the [[List of Parliaments of England|English Parliament]].
* [[November 22]] &ndash; Following up on the declaration of union of the Roman Catholic Church with the Greek Orthodox Church, Pope Eugene IV signs an agreement of union with the [[Armenian Apostolic Church]].<ref>{{Cite book | url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=ZkzyEAAAQBAJ&pli=1 |title =Laetentur Caeli: Bulls of Union with the Greeks, Armenians, Coptic, and Ethiopian Churches |isbn = 9798869171504 |last1 = Curtin|first1 = D. P.|date = January 2007|publisher =Dalcassian Press }}</ref>
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[Pope Eugene IV]] designates nine archbishops and six bishops and to join the [[College of Cardinals]] and one cardinal and one priest, for 17 appointments in all.<ref>{{cite web|authorlink=Salvador Miranda (historian) |last=Miranda |first=Salvador |title=Consistories for the creation of Cardinals 12th Century (1099-1198): Eugenius IV (1431-1447) |url=https://cardinals.fiu.edu/consistories-xv.htm#EugeniusIV|work=The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church |accessdate=|publisher=[[Florida International University]]|oclc=53276621}}</ref>