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Year 1441 (MCDXLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.

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Events

  • February – The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the Da Polenta dynasty.
  • February 12 – King's College, Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI of England.
  • November 10 – Alfonso V of Aragon lays siege to Naples.

    • Date unknown

  • Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Kingdoms.
  • Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic Christianity. This is the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Church with Europe.
  • A revolt occurs in the Yucatán capital Mayapan; the Maya civilization splits into warring city-states.
  • With the help of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, governor Haci Giray declares his province independent of the Golden Horde and establishes the Crimean Khanate.
  • Nuno Tristão reaches the Cabo Branco in the western coast of Africa. This is probably the first voyage where a caravel is used for maritime exploration.
  • The first black African slaves are brought to Europe, at Lagos in Portugal.

    • Births

  • February 9 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, Central Asian poet, politician and writer (d. 1501)
  • March 24 – Ernest, Elector of Saxony, German ruler of Saxony (d. 1486)
  • June 25 – Federico I Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1478–1484) (d. 1484)
  • June 27 – John III of Nassau-Weilburg, German nobleman (d. 1480)
  • July 23 – Danjong of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1457)
  • November 11 – Charlotte of Savoy, French queen (d. 1483)

    • Deaths

  • March 8 – Margaret of Burgundy, Duchess of Bavaria
  • April 1 – Blanche I of Navarre, Queen of Navarre (1425-1441) and Regent of Sicily (1404-1405 and 1408-1415)
  • June 14 – Corrado IV Trinci, former lord of Foligno
  • July 9 – Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
  • July 12 – Kyōgoku Takakazu, Japanese noble and vassal of Ashikaga Yoshinori
  • July 12 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
  • September 25 – Akamatsu Mitsusuke, Japanese samurai
  • October 27 – Margery Jourdemayne, executed for treasonable witchcraft
  • November 18 – Roger Bolingbroke, English cleric, astronomer, astrologer, magister and alleged necromancer
  • December 26 – Niccolò III d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara

    • References

    1441 Wikipedia
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