1409

Years: 1406 1407 1408 - 1409 - 1410 1411 1412

Decades: 1370s 1380s 1390s - 1400s - 1410s 1420s 1430s

Centuries: 14th century - 15th century - 16th century

Events

* January 1 - The Welsh surrender Harlech Castle to the English.
* March 25 - The Council of Pisa opens.
* December 2 - The University of Leipzig opens.
* Martin I of Aragon becomes King of Sicily
* Ulugh Beg becomes governor of Samarkand.
* Venice buys the port of Zadar from Hungary.
* Cheng Ho (or Zheng He) the admiral of the fleet of the Ming empire, deposes the king of Sri Lanka.

Births

* January 16 - King René I of Naples (died 1480)
*March 2 - John II of Alençon, French soldier (d. 1476)
* Bernardo Rossellino, Florentine sculptor and architect
* Charles VIII, King of Sweden

Deaths

*July 25 - King Martin I of Sicily (born 1374)
* Thomas Merke, English bishop
* Edmund Mortimer, English rebel (born 1376)
* Jan z Tarnowa, Polish nobleman

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