1441
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 14th century – 15th century – 16th century |
| Decades: | 1410s 1420s 1430s – 1440s – 1450s 1460s 1470s |
| Years: | 1438 1439 1440 – 1441 – 1442 1443 1444 |
| 1441 in topic: |
| Subjects: Archaeology – Architecture – |
| Art – Literature – Music – Science |
| Leaders: State leaders – Colonial governors |
| Category: Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Births – Deaths – Works |
This article is about the year. For the Security Council Resolution, see United Nations Security Council Resolution 1441.
Year 1441 (MCDXLI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
[edit] Events of 1441
- King's College, University of Cambridge, is founded by King Henry VI.
- Ouagadougou becomes the capital of the Mossi Empire.
- Two Ethiopians attend an ecclesiastical council at Florence, as part of the negotiations concerning a possible union of Coptic 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.
- Christopher of Bavaria succeeds Karl Knutsson Borde as king of Sweden.
- Alfonso V of Aragon captures Naples after a five month siege.
- 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.
- The Republic of Venice annexes the seigniory of Ravenna, ending the Da Polenta dynasty.
| Gregorian calendar | 1441 MCDXLI |
| Ab urbe condita | 2194 |
| Armenian calendar | 890 ԹՎ ՊՂ |
| Bahá'í calendar | -403 – -402 |
| Bengali calendar | 848 |
| Berber calendar | 2391 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1985 |
| Burmese calendar | 803 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6949 – 6950 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年十二月初九日 (4077/4137-12-9) — to —
辛酉年閏十一月十八日(4078/4138-intercalary 11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1157 – 1158 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1433 – 1434 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5201 – 5202 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1496 – 1497 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1363 – 1364 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4542 – 4543 |
| Holocene calendar | 11441 |
| Iranian calendar | 819 – 820 |
| Islamic calendar | 844 – 845 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 13Kakitsu 1 (嘉吉元年) |
| Korean calendar | 3774 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1984 |
[edit] Births
- February 9 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, politician and poet (d. 1501)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 – Corrado IV Trinci, former lord of Foligno
- July 9 – Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
- July 12 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394)
