1441 facts for kids
| 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 |
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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.
- Revolt in Yucatán capital Mayapan; Maya civilization falls 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 |
| Assyrian calendar | 6191 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1362–1363 |
| Bengali calendar | 848 |
| Berber calendar | 2391 |
| English Regnal year | 19 Hen. 6 – 20 Hen. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 1985 |
| Burmese calendar | 803 |
| Byzantine calendar | 6949–6950 |
| Chinese calendar | 庚申年 (Metal Monkey) 4137 or 4077 — to — 辛酉年 (Metal Rooster) 4138 or 4078 |
| Coptic calendar | 1157–1158 |
| Discordian calendar | 2607 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1433–1434 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5201–5202 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 1497–1498 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1362–1363 |
| - Kali Yuga | 4541–4542 |
| Holocene calendar | 11441 |
| Igbo calendar | 441–442 |
| Iranian calendar | 819–820 |
| Islamic calendar | 844–845 |
| Japanese calendar | Eikyō 13 / Kakitsu 1 (嘉吉元年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1356–1357 |
| Julian calendar | 1441 MCDXLI |
| Korean calendar | 3774 |
| Minguo calendar | 471 before ROC 民前471年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | −27 |
| Thai solar calendar | 1983–1984 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阳金猴年 (male Iron-Monkey) 1567 or 1186 or 414 — to — 阴金鸡年 (female Iron-Rooster) 1568 or 1187 or 415 |
Births
- February 9 – Ali-Shir Nava'i, politician and poet (died 1501)
Deaths
- January 14 – Corrado IV Trinci, former lord of Foligno
- July 9 – Jan van Eyck, Dutch painter
- July 12 – Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (born 1394)
See also
In Spanish: 1441 para niños
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